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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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-17T04:29:07+00:00

    Unfortunately Microsoft won't be bringing Sketchpad back. It was deliberate and was a move to push MS Whiteboard with its MS login. We've been using alternatives like MS Whiteboard, Chrome Canvas, Inkodo and Scrble.

    Inkodo and Scrble are pretty similar to Sketchpad.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-08T13:49:06+00:00

    What I don't understand is what criteria was used to replace a multi-functional app with full featured sketch functionality to a split app which makes the experience much more difficult and confusing, while removing some of the sketch capabilities of what makes a Surface product a reasonable investment?

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-20T18:43:34+00:00

    Wow- finally I see I'm not the ony one. Took me hours today to figure this out.

    I have a brand new HP Envy (just a few days ago), and installed Win10pro, MS Office Pro and had the ink workspace. Looks good to me, so I ordered the HP Tilt Pen - ready for the future.

    Hell no! I received the tilt pen today, and the ink-space was not showing up anymore.

    Thought is had to do with drivers for this pen/stylus. but it's not.

    So I spend a lot of money (almost EUR 2000), now leaving me with a tilt pen that doesn't support the tilt option anymore. Just after a few hours I received it.

    Called the HP support and they told me that the tilt option is only available in Sketchpad and not whiteboard.....

    Glad to see it has nothing to do with the hardware itself, just stupid sw engineers.

    As-we-speak I am busy rolling back updates, and kill the updates voor next few months. Hope MSoft will give a good alternative in the mean time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-21T16:26:42+00:00

    Thanks for your response. Could you please name that update in specific? (in KB.... format)

    Windows automatically installed the update that I had previously deleted (KB4512508).

    Windows Ink Workspace is now the small menu on the bottom right of the screen that everyone is complaining about:

    After deleting this update (KB4512508) and restarting, Ink Workspace is back to the large tiles:

    For now, this is the solution to changing Ink back to normal. However, be aware that your software will not be completely up to date. Only do this if you absolutely need Windows Ink in this format.

    Hope this helps!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-08-20T12:07:02+00:00

    I talked about this and this their response.

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