Jupyter Notebook - Cannot Connect to Kernel

Question

I\'ve tried installing jupyter notebook using pip3 install jupyter. Every time i launch a new jupyter notebook, the notebook is unable to connect to the kernel. See screenshot b

Answer 1

If the above does not work for you then this is highly recommended.

I had the same issue where the kernel would simply not connect. Tried every solution, still no connection.

In the end I noticed some Value Error Exceptions being raised in the console where I started the notebook client. The source of these exceptions was another python script in the same folder as the notebook.

delete all the python files in the same directory where notebook is installed or move them to some other folder. Fixed the notebook