Pycharm does not see files in relative path with ../

Question

I am developing a python project using pycharm. However, the problem is that it refuses to load files in which the relative path includes ../. When I try

Answer 1

Go to Run - Edit Configurations, select your configuration

and change Working directory to /media/Storage/System and dev/Code/Cross Platform/python/boids/current/experiments.

Answer 2

I had the same problem when I moved the python file to another directory. In my case, it was enough to delete the run configuration (Run -> Edit Configurations -> Remove Configuration).