title: IPython Notebooks Unreadable
body: <p>So I just installed IPython for the first time (Windows 7 64 bit).  Followed the instructions here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://ipython.org/install.html#" rel="noreferrer">IPython Installation</a></p>
  
  <p>Downloaded and installed Anaconda 1.9.1 then gave the commands</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda update conda
  conda update ipython
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(running the command line terminal as an Administrator)</p>
  
  <p>Installation completed OK and I tried to open an example .ipynb notebook file from here;</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/github.com/ipython/ipython/raw/master/examples/notebooks/Part%201%20-%20Running%20Code.ipynb" rel="noreferrer">Example IPython Notebook File</a></p>
  
  <p>but I get the following error;</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error loading notebook
  Unreadable Notebook: Notebook does not appear to be JSON: '\n\n
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried a number of other example notebooks from the <a href="https://github.com/ipython/ipython/tree/master/examples/notebooks#a-collection-of-notebooks-for-using-ipython-effectively" rel="noreferrer">IPython Example Notebooks</a> and all fail to open and give the same error!</p>
  
  <p>Anybody know what is wrong here and how to fix it?</p>