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Kernel error in Jupyter Notebook

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Hey! I got jupyter notebook, but I can't start notebooks because of a kernel error. I tried some other similar threads, but they don't seem to work for me (or I haven't found the right solution). Here's what it reads.

` yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore
File "C:\Users\Samay\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\handlers.py", line 72, in post
type=mtype))
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run
value = future.result()
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 742, in run
yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore
File "C:\Users\Samay\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\sessionmanager.py", line 88, in create_session
kernel_id = yield self.start_kernel_for_session(session_id, path, name, type, kernel_name)
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run
value = future.result()
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 742, in run
yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore
File "C:\Users\Samay\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\sessionmanager.py", line 101, in start_kernel_for_session
self.kernel_manager.start_kernel(path=kernel_path, kernel_name=kernel_name)
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run
value = future.result()
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 209, in wrapper
yielded = next(result)
File "C:\Users\Samay\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\notebook\services\kernels\kernelmanager.py", line 168, in start_kernel
super(MappingKernelManager, self).start_kernel(**kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\multikernelmanager.py", line 110, in start_kernel
km.start_kernel(**kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\manager.py", line 240, in start_kernel
self.write_connection_file()
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 547, in write_connection_file
kernel_name=self.kernel_name
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 212, in write_connection_file
with secure_write(fname) as f:
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\contextlib.py", line 112, in __enter__
return next(self.gen)
File "C:\Users\Samay\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 102, in secure_write
with os.fdopen(os.open(fname, open_flag, 0o600), mode) as f:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\Samay\\AppData\\Roaming\\jupyter\\runtime\\kernel-c3ebd207-d59c-4270-ae91-dd2daed10bb1.json'`

I have a feeling some directories or paths might be broken, but what do I know. Thanks.

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Reproduce the kernel-startup failure in the reported Windows, Python 3.7, and Anaconda setup. Start with notebook/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py and jupyter_client/connect.py, following the PermissionError from start_kernel to secure_write; done means establishing a reproducible cause and a verified resolution.

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jupyter-notebook, python
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
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Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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