Making desktop onenote default for windows 10

I've found a way to hijack the notifications panel Note button, without having to uninstall the default onenote modern app.

• First create a reg file with this content (modify path to onenote.exe if needed) :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote]

@="URL:onenote-sidenote Protocol"

"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell\Open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell\Open\command]

@=""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\Root\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" /sidenote /paste /nologo"

• Open regsitry editor and go to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\All\SystemSettings_Launcher_QuickNote

• Change contents "Uri" to this: "onenote-sidenote://"

• Now restart Windows Explorer via task manager (ctrl+shift+escape).

• If all goes well, tapping that "Note" tile will now open a Onenote dekstop sidenote with  current clipboard contents pasted in.

• This is backwards-compatible with at least OneNote 2007.

edit: fixed a typo.

Thx for your fix, but it doesn't work on x64.

Do I need "(x86)" at path for "Program Files"!?

My response to this and a number of other issues was to roll back to Windows 7 and Office 2013.  Microsoft is doing a lot of things based on data mining its customer base, as opposed to improving products.

I've found a way to hijack the notifications panel Note button, without having to uninstall the default onenote modern app, which is integrated with Edge.

• Open registry editor and go to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\All\SystemSettings_Launcher_QuickNote

• Rename "Uri" to Uri-backup". Because we are about to replace "Uri".

• Save the following block-of-code as a .reg file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote]

@="URL:onenote-sidenote Protocol"

"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell\Open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OneNote-sidenote\shell\Open\command]

;!!!make sure this matches OneNote path in your system,

;   and double each backslash () in path

@=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" /sidenote /paste /nologo"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\All\SystemSettings_Launcher_QuickNote]

;back up default value, as found in my system

;"Uri-backup"="onenote-cmd://quicknote?onOpen=typing"

"Uri"="onenote-sidenote://"

• Merge that reg file with the registry (right-click the reg file).

• Now restart Windows Explorer via task manager (ctrl+shift+escape).

• If all goes well, tapping that "Note" tile in the notification pane will now open a Onenote dekstop sidenote (with current clipboard contents pasted in) .

• This is backwards-compatible with at least OneNote 2007, and both click-to-run and regular install.

edit: fixed a typo.

I found a work around to get screenshots with surface pen to go into OneNote desktop.  Touch/press and hold the OneNote desktop icon in the taskbar until a menu comes up above it. Under Tasks, choose "Take Screen Clipping", and when the white overlay appears, select the area you want to screenshot with the pen.  The screenshot will appear in the most recent note you were working on in OneNote desktop version. Hope this helps

Dear Mr. Jacob K Win 8,

Sometimes I need to take a screenshot of something, and having the screenshot open in the non desktop OneNote is annoying because then I have to switch between two different versions of OneNote, which also don't always sync right away.  Personally, I like the desktop OneNote so much better, and find it much easier to use and much more organized.