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
    2019-08-09T01:27:10+00:00

    If this was caused by Windows Update(s) then you can check which were installed at Settings>Update & Security>Windows Update under Update History, then uninstall them from the link there, and immediately check for these again and hide with the Hide Updates tool explained here: https://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how-to-uninsta...

    You can also use System Restore to get before the problem began, then check for Updates with the Hide Update tool and hide them: http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/how-t...

    If this was caused by a Version Update then for 10 days you can roll it back in Settings>Update & Security>Recovery and then hide it until it matures using the Hide Updates Tool which is explained more here:

    https://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how-to-uninsta....

    After 10 days you can reinstall the older version using downloads available from Microsoft TechBench here: https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php

    Burn to DVD using WIndows Image Burner or create bootable flash using one of the options here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create...

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-12T03:41:11+00:00

    Same thing happened with me! Microsoft please fix this! I don’t want to have to roll back the update just to get this one feature back. It seems like this must be a glitch.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-12T16:15:06+00:00

    Agreed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-16T00:47:25+00:00

    I've deleted the Latest update and i wont be updating it again !!!!!!!!!

    i don't like White Board because it collects info , if u have some ideas in there its at Flight risk to be stolen by Microsoft. and sold to someone who can make profit out of it.

    i know that all my sketches are useless but not everyone is like me , some uses this to write books or make sketches for blue prints.

    i don't like the fact that once i installed Whiteboard , it DEMANDS that i accept the terms .... when i tried to open the Terms link ( IT WONT EVEN OPEN ) 

    i looked over the internet and some say if u deiced to us ACCEPT terms without reading it , it gives the company privileges to write WHATEVER they want in it Later on , it can simple give itself permission to Sell , record ur voice and use camera and location as much as they like since u have Agreed on something u didn't even read. ALL LEGAL ! ONLY BLAME YOURSELF.

    not another (( facebook )) mistake.

    I'll return back to SketchPad until the matter is resolved .

     + you cant collect info from our personal devices , you are not allowed to , not even for advertising , i don't allowed and everyone else should do the same.

     + you cant force me to sync my sketches to my Microsoft account without my permission.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-08-16T11:13:58+00:00

    Exactly the same has happened to me on an HP spectre x2

    Another tablet is still offering sketchpad

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