diff --git a/extensions/ipynb/package.json b/extensions/ipynb/package.json
index 1fea9ef0e0e..1efd245ea17 100644
--- a/extensions/ipynb/package.json
+++ b/extensions/ipynb/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 			{
 				"command": "ipynb.newUntitledIpynb",
 				"title": "Jupyter Notebook"
+			},
+			{
+				"command": "ipynb.openIpynbInNotebookEditor",
+				"title": "Open ipynb file in notebook editor"
 			}
 		],
 		"notebooks": [
@@ -52,6 +56,16 @@
 					"command": "ipynb.newUntitledIpynb",
 					"when": "!jupyterEnabled"
 				}
+			],
+			"commandPalette": [
+				{
+					"command": "ipynb.newUntitledIpynb",
+					"when": "false"
+				},
+				{
+					"command": "ipynb.openIpynbInNotebookEditor",
+					"when": "false"
+				}
 			]
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/extensions/ipynb/src/ipynbMain.ts b/extensions/ipynb/src/ipynbMain.ts
index fad8331f960..5596117faab 100644
--- a/extensions/ipynb/src/ipynbMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/ipynb/src/ipynbMain.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 		}
 	}));
 
+	vscode.languages.registerCodeLensProvider({ pattern: '**/*.ipynb' }, {
+		provideCodeLenses: (document) => {
+			if (document.uri.scheme === 'vscode-notebook-cell') {
+				return [];
+			}
+			const codelens = new vscode.CodeLens(new vscode.Range(0, 0, 0, 0), { title: 'Open in Notebook Editor', command: 'ipynb.openIpynbInNotebookEditor', arguments: [document.uri] });
+			return [codelens];
+		}
+	});
+
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('ipynb.newUntitledIpynb', async () => {
 		const language = 'python';
 		const cell = new vscode.NotebookCellData(vscode.NotebookCellKind.Code, '', language);
@@ -55,6 +65,14 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 		await vscode.window.showNotebookDocument(doc);
 	}));
 
+	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('ipynb.openIpynbInNotebookEditor', async (uri: vscode.Uri) => {
+		if (vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.document.uri.toString() === uri.toString()) {
+			await vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.closeActiveEditor');
+		}
+		const document = await vscode.workspace.openNotebookDocument(uri);
+		await vscode.window.showNotebookDocument(document);
+	}));
+
 	// Update new file contribution
 	vscode.extensions.onDidChange(() => {
 		vscode.commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'jupyterEnabled', vscode.extensions.getExtension('ms-toolsai.jupyter'));