# Jupyter won't appear in Anaconda

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-wont-appear-in-anaconda/12796>\
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**Created:** [January 28, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-wont-appear-in-anaconda/12796 "2022-01-28T21:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![C\_McCarron](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/c_mccarron/32/6334_2.png) [@C\_McCarron](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/C_McCarron)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-wont-appear-in-anaconda/12796/1 "2022-01-28T21:58:16Z")

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Hello, I am running Anaconda Navigator through an ubuntu WSL. I tried to do this through windows10 and the pipeline I was working with needs Linux. When I open up anaconda everything seems to work fine but when I click to open Jupyter Notebook or the terminal, nothing opens. However, when I close anaconda it tells me that Jupyter notebook is running. I have uninstalled anaconda and reinstalled it 2 times now and the same thing continues to happen. How do I go about fixing this issue?

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**Author:** ![bollwyvl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/bollwyvl/32/904_2.png) [@bollwyvl](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/bollwyvl)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-wont-appear-in-anaconda/12796/2 "2022-01-29T15:11:04Z")

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Several things might not be up to the task for dealing with WSL: in this case, it’s probably confused, and the python running in your linux “computer” doesn’t know where your web browser is back on your windows computer.

A relatively reliable way might be to start a WSL prompt, activate the correct linux environment, and then launch the thing you want, then manually use that URL that shows up (should end in `?token`) in your browser. I can highly recommend using the newer “Windows Terminal” (not installed by default). You might also run into some networking issues, depending on how WSL networking works… be wary of `--ip=*`, which is often the suggestion to such problems: this allows _anyone_ to reach the notebook server running as you on your system, and WSL inherits all the security problems of _both_ platforms, plus introduces new ones.