jupyter-notebook.py

import os
import subprocess

base = 'C:\\data'
jupyter_dir = os.path.join(base,'.jupyter')
if not os.path.exists(jupyter_dir):
  os.mkdir(jupyter_dir)

dirs = {'JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR' : jupyter_dir, 'JUPYTER_RUNTIME_DIR' : os.path.join(jupyter_dir,'runtime'),'JUPYTER_DATA_DIR' : os.path.join(jupyter_dir,'data')}

for k,v in dirs.iteritems():
  if not os.path.exists(v):
    os.mkdir(v)
  os.environ[k] = v

ipython_dir = os.path.join(base,'.ipython')

if not os.path.exists(ipython_dir):
  subprocess.call(['cmd.exe','/C', 'mklink','/J',ipython_dir,'%USERPROFILE%\\.ipython'])

os.environ['IPYTHONDIR'] = ipython_dir

subprocess.call(['C:\\Python27\\Scripts\\jupyter-notebook.exe'])