How to set working directory pemanently in Spyder & RStudio?

Question

I have started learning - Machine learning course on Windows OS. Whenever I start a new instance of Spyder 3.2.4(Python 3.6) & RStudio(1.1.383), every time I need to set

Answer 1

To set working directory permanently in: 1. Spyder IDE: Tools > Prefeences > Current working directory > the following directory 2. RStudio IDE: Tools > Global Options... > General > Default working directory (when not in a project)

PS: Yes, we need to restart the application in both IDEs to take changes in effect.