Answers for "how to navigate to a folder in python"

python change working directory to file directory

import os

abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
os.chdir(dname)

python cd to directory

import os
os.chdir(path)

open file in python directory

path = 'C:\\Users\\Username\\Path\\To\\File'
file=open(path, "r")