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
    2015-08-25T20:16:48+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-26T12:52:13+00:00

    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"!?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-26T23:42:54+00:00

    Correction: It worked temporarily but the OneNote app then miraculously reinstalled itself :(

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-27T04:23:40+00:00

    Yeah, make sure the path to OneNote is correct.

    Run Onenote desktop, then open Task manager. Find onenote.exe there, right click > properties, and see what's it's location (and filename) is.

    Also, see, the reg file you create, that has to be merged with the registry. (forgot to type out this step)

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-09-01T18:36:51+00:00

    Hi

    This works for me

    Step 1 - Setting default program

    1 - Open Control Panel

    2 - On View By click on small Icons option

    3 - Click on Default Programs icon

    4 - Click on Set your default programs icon (Waiting for loading message)

    5 -  On list (left side), select OneNote (desktop)

    6 - Click on Choose defaults for this program link

    7 - Click on checkbox Select All

    8 - Click on Save button

    Step 2 - Checking default program

    1 - Open OneNote (desktop) program

    2 - If it isn'showing the message "OneNote is not your default...." - It works !

    3 - Click on File menu

    4 - Click on Options menu

    5 - Click on Advanced options (left side)

    6 - Scroll the bar until Default OneNote Application

    7 - If the option is selected, it works ! you won't see the message again.

    By Condé

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