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
    2015-09-23T03:40:45+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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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-29T09:19:01+00:00

    Dear All,

    does this actually work for any of you?

    Tried all the above on my surface pro3 with windows 10 and first office pro 2013 and now office pro 2016 (modified reg entries accordingly) and clicking the purple pen button still launches only the mobile onenote app...:-(

    Did I miss something?

    looking forward to your short feedback - anyone who got this working?

    thanks and kind regards

    Matt

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-05T11:32:36+00:00

    Anybody - Please?

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-05T16:31:04+00:00

    Anybody - Please?

    WindowsPowershell (as admin):

    Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.Office.OneNote_17.4201.10031.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

    *(( Or/And maybe:*Get-AppxPackage *OneNote* | Remove-AppxPackage ))

    2.

    It opens (only) the new Office 16 OneNote after clicking the Surface-Pen-Button.

    Screenshots with doubleclick are only in Clipboard! -> After doubleclick use "paste".

    (Works with Office x64)

    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\root\office16\ONENOTE.EXE" /(Possible parameter)

    Possible parameter:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Command-line-switches-in-Microsoft-Office-OneNote-2007-29468957-1fcc-48b8-8821-00fe5518493a?omkt=en-US&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#bm3

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