# Jupyter Notebook not showing files/folders in any directory

**URL:** https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-not-showing-files-folders-in-any-directory/6261
**Category:** General
**Tags:** community, help-wanted
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-not-showing-files-folders-in-any-directory/6261 "2020-10-05T18:44:28Z")
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### Author: ![oqusous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@oqusous](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/oqusous)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-not-showing-files-folders-in-any-directory/6261/1 "2020-10-05T18:44:29Z")

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Jupyter Notebook not showing files/folders in any directory

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1. I tried reinstalling Anaconda
2. pip install jupyter notebook

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### Author: ![ansks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/ansks/32/3936_2.png) [@ansks](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/ansks)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-not-showing-files-folders-in-any-directory/6261/2 "2021-03-11T06:59:10Z")

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Try upgrading Jupyter. I was facing the similar problem. I tried uninstalling and installing notebook. But in the end, upgrading worked for me. It will also change some fundamental packages and libraries.

conda upgrade notebook