Making desktop onenote default for windows 10

Will these solutions work in Edge, where you "Make a Web Note", "Save Web Note", "View Note"?  I want it to open my 2010 desktop version (planning on upgrading)?

I just tried this, and while this works to remove the OneNote app, it doesn't necessarily meet the overall needs of this thread. It did set my ONENOTE and ONENOTEDESKTOP protocols to OneNote 2016, but no luck on the ONENOTE-CMD. In fact, it actually made it disapear from my list of protocols. 

This is relevant, because the ONENOTE-CMD protocol is what is used when you select Note from the action center (as the original poster described) as well as when you click the "Eraser" button on the Surface pen (my primary reason for interest in this thread). 

Below is a short screencapture demonstrating trying to use the Note from the Action Center after removing the OneNote app. 

http://screencast.com/t/PskSxST36

Same result for clicking the pen.

Upon reinstalling the OneNote app, ONENOTE-CMD again showed up in my list of protocols.

I did mark your answer Helpful, however, as I was previously unaware of how to uninstall the app.

Thanks!

-G

It looks like this may be impossible. According to this Microsoft Support article, "NOTE: The ONENOTE-CMD URL:onenote-cmd protocol can't be changed because it's used for all of the Windows 10 features that work exclusively with OneNote for Windows 10."

Others in this thread have suggested that it likely has to do with the way apps are integrated in Win10 and they were right.

Bummer. It looks like for now the best bet for now may be to use the Windows Feedback app to let Microsoft know how many are dissatisfied by this limitation.

I didn't read the entire thread, but I did go to the last page and it seems that no solution has yet been posted. I have one to offer:

Note: This solution requires the use of Regedit, with all of the caveats and warnings that normally go along with it. Please heed them, as no assurances are made that this will not melt your computer. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Press WindowsKey-R, type regedit.exe in the box and press Enter.

Locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd

(this may require a lot of scrolling; alternately, you can select "Edit | Find" FROM THE Regedit menu, checkmark only keys, type in onenote-cmd and press Enter)

Right-click on onenote-cmd and choose New, then Key and  create the following key structure under onenote-cmd:

shell (once shell is created, right click on it and choose New, then Key, then type open)

open (repeat for open, creating command)

command

Note that open is created inside shell, and command is created inside open.

While command is selected in the left pane, double-click on the (Default) entry in the right pane. In the field editor that displays, enter the full path, in quotes, to the OneNote desktop app. For OneNote 2016, that's probably "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE". Depending on your version of Windows 10 and Office (32bit vs. 64 bit or Office 2013 vs. Office 2016) the path may differ.

Exit the registry editor, and click on the "Note" tile in the Notification Manager. OneNote should launch.

Bonus Hack: If you prefer the minimalist "Side Note" format, add /sidenote after the path to OneNote (after the closing quote), like this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE" /sidenote

Enjoy!