Making desktop onenote default for windows 10

Anonymous
2015-07-29T05:56:43+00:00

Hello

So I've just received my windows 10 pro today

I tried making my onenote desktop as my default but when i bring up the menu from the right side and click "note", it still brings up the none desktop version of onenote

how do i fix this?

thank you

(i have SP3)

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-23T16:17:05+00:00

      I had to modify code for the new location where MS Office 15 installs.

    @=""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\ONENOTE.EXE""

    To be precise: this is not the new location where MS Office 15 installs, it's the location of the Office 365 Click-to-Run installation. The other path is still valid for the Office 2013 MSI-type installation (e.g. from DVD).

    Bernd

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-23T03:40:45+00:00

    Great!  Thank you!  I had to modify code for the new location where MS Office 15 installs.

    For those who don't know how to use this code, create a new plain text document using notepad, then paste the code given below into the file and save the file with the extension ".reg":

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd]

     @="URL:onenote-cmd"

     "URL Protocol"=""

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd\Shell]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd\Shell\Open]

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd\Shell\Open\Command]

    @=""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\ONENOTE.EXE""

    After pasting that code and saving as a .reg file, double click on the file to execute it.

    HOWEVER, backup your registry before running.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-18T17:37:12+00:00

    I have the same problem.  I am very well accustomed to the Pen Button launching the Desktop version of One Note. I see there is a button now on the right - action center, where the charms used to be - to launch One Note. Which it launches a rather meager One note which comes with the Win10.

    I would like to have the option back to (And not only to have the option but to have the option to WORK as well.) to launch One Note Desktop from the Pen for SP3 and the Action Center Button as well.

    Sp3 User here.

    Please Help.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-09-10T17:10:34+00:00

    Well, that certainly answers the question. Thanks for the information.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-09-10T16:53:32+00:00

    I found this on the Microsoft  Surface support site:

    https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/touch-mouse-and-search/surface-pen-default-onenote?os=windows-10

    Essentially it says that Microsoft knows about the pen-click always opening the metro version, and that they will eventually fix it.

    Too bad someone from Microsoft couldn't have given this statement within this conversation.

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