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
    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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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-08T17:32:16+00:00

    Indeed; this disappearance means that I'm no longer buying new Surface devices. They've lost their utility.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-10T16:36:37+00:00

    Sorry, im late, now uninstall KB4515384 too, when sketchpad gone, uninstall the last package and restart, in next updates test until you find the package, when you discover the number, block it, then install the others that are not having problems.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-10-13T19:16:54+00:00

    So far this is the best alternative that I've found:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/inkpaint/9nblggh4vww6

    It's not quite as minimal, and it has an annoying pop-up on launch, but at least it isn't Whiteboard.

    I agree entirely that Whiteboard is a much inferior app, & can't think what MS were thinking in dropping Sketchpad.

    I've found Penbook from User Camp to be a closer replacement to Sketchpad. In fact it looks as if it uses an almost identical toolbar setup - perhaps it's a Windows Ink UI component of some sort.

    I think it's got more versatile PDF support (export, import, as background etc.); & OneDrive transfer. Also a good range of built-in stationery with option to import custom ones. Though I can't remember quite how much of this Sketchpad did too.

    It's available in Windows Store. But - it costs all of £8 or so! Totally shocking!

    For me, in the context of the cost of my Surface & pen, this doesn't seem too excessive really.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-17T10:17:59+00:00

    Please add a 'clear' button 'Snip & Sketch' that clears the snip and replaces with a blank screen. The icing would then be to add a 'Fullscreen sketch' option to the pen icon - in addition to 'Fullscreen snip' - that just uses 'Snip & Sketch' with a blank canvas.

    Whiteboard doesn't work for me on my company laptop, and I am currently opening a new Word doc to give 'Snip & Sketch' a white background.

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