Python tkinter askopenfilename not responding

Question

I am using tkinter asopenfilename to trigger a file chooser so as to read files from my local directory. My problem is that after the file is chosen, the window freezes and python is 'not responding'.

I've tried the answer from this post: Tkinter askopenfilename() won't close no luck.

Below is my code:

from tkinter import Tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename

root = Tk()
root.withdraw() 
root.update()
filename = askopenfilename() 
print(filename)

Is there anything that I am missing? Let me know if you need more clarity. Thanks!

Answer 1

I tried all above solutions but didn't seem to solve the same issue for me. The dialog box was opening but somewhere in the background.

Found this code elsewhere and it works like a charm for me. On windows 10 too, python 3.x, and using Jupyter Notebook.

Posting it here in case it could help others.

    import tkinter as tk
    from tkinter import filedialog
    root = tk.Tk()
    root.withdraw()
    root.call('wm', 'attributes', '.', '-topmost', True)
    file_path = filedialog.askopenfilename( 
    %gui tk
    print(file_path)