Spyder "An error ocurred while starting the kernel" when I updated conda in anaconda prompt

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• Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
• Reproduced the issue after updating with conda update spyder (or pip, if not using Anaconda)
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Problem Description

This is my problem on the console The error is:

Traceback (most recent call last): File “C:\Users\Robert\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole.py”, line 1572, in create_kernel_manager_and_kernel_client kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr_handle) File “C:\Users\Robert\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\manager.py”, line 240, in start_kernel self.write_connection_file() File “C:\Users\Robert\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\connect.py”, line 547, in write_connection_file kernel_name=self.kernel_name File “C:\Users\Robert\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\jupyter_client\connect.py”, line 212, in write_connection_file with secure_write(fname) as f: File “C:\Users\Robert\Anaconda3\lib\contextlib.py”, line 112, in enter return next(self.gen) File “C:\Users\Robert\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\Robert\AppData\Roaming\jupyter\runtime\kernel𔂱d5611c0daf1.json’

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[jjhelmus]

jupyter_client 5.3.4 and jupyter_core 4.6.0 are now available in defaults

[naveenkumarcm]

@ccordoba12 Thanks a bunch, it worked! Assumed fresh installation of Anaconda would have the same effect as updating all, oh boy I was so wrong! My OCD was raising exponentially for the past 3 days!