Sketchpad has completely disappeared from Ink Workspace

Anonymous
2019-08-08T21:05:51+00:00

I have tried rebooting and turning Ink workspace on and off from settings and taskbar. It is only showing me Whiteboard and Fullscreen snip. Did Windows do away with sketchpad, forcing me to login with a Windows ID to use Whiteboard? Or is this a bug from a recent update? Or is there anything else I can try?

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-23T09:23:43+00:00

    I have the same problem. I had a Cube i7 Book that died before the update, so I got  a new tablet, I fully updated it and Windows Ink became a small bar with 2 apps, mine doesn't even have icons, just squares.

    The old style was much better, I must say.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-21T17:12:05+00:00

    Thanks for sharing this. I already tried it but the problem is we don't get screen sketch back anymore. All we have is snip and sketch; it's really frustrating to have "snip and sketch" opened whenever trying to take a screenshot. "Screen sketch" was way more convenient to use. 

    I see. I‘m relatively new to getting re-acquainted with Windows. I never used screen sketch before, so I really don’t know what the differences are.

    Windows key + PrtScn should save a screenshot of the whole screen in Screenshots folder.

    Alt+Prt Scn will save a screenshot of active window in Screenshots (and uplod to OneDrive)

    Windows+Shift+S will open snipping tool for segments or entire screen. 

    Snip & Sketch allows you to annotate an image of your current screen. 

    (Windows+Alt+PrtScn saves a screenshot of my active window in Captures. I believe it is using Xbox Game Bar.)

    On my Surface, I can also press Power+Volume up button for a screenshot

    Maybe screen sketch had more features or was more user-friendly?

    I am able to do all I need with those tools.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-21T16:48:14+00:00

    Thanks for sharing this. I already tried it but the problem is we don't get screen sketch back anymore. All we have is snip and sketch; it's really frustrating to have "snip and sketch" opened whenever trying to take a screenshot. "Screen sketch" was way more convenient to use.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-08-19T15:05:06+00:00

    I do not have the name from that day, however, the most recent update installed on 8/19/2019 is probably the same one that I deleted. That is KB4507453.

    I am a bit confused now because even with this recent update re-installed (the update I believed to be the cause of the problem), WIndows Ink Workspace is back to its regular format.

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