# Auto Select Kernel without Starting the Launcher So Users Don't Have To

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/auto-select-kernel-without-starting-the-launcher-so-users-dont-have-to/24045>\
**Category:** JupyterHub\
**Tags:** community, jupyterlab, jupyterhub, how-to, help-wanted\
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/auto-select-kernel-without-starting-the-launcher-so-users-dont-have-to/24045 "2024-02-20T21:18:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Leff](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/benjamin_leff/32/12153_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Leff](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Benjamin_Leff)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/auto-select-kernel-without-starting-the-launcher-so-users-dont-have-to/24045/6 "2024-03-07T15:21:41Z")

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Thank you, @mahendrapaipuri! Appreciate the time you put into the response and for the helpful insight.

Will also post this in the JupyterLab / Notebook categories to see if anyone knows of another way to do it, but creating a frontend extension shouldn’t be too difficult.

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