Open Onenote Desktop with pen

[Kris]

First you need to download AutoHotKey and install
Then open notepad
Copy red text below
#F20::
IfWinNotExist, OneNote
{
Run,C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\onenote.exe
return
}
IfWinExist, OneNote
{
WinActivate
return
}
paste into notepad
Save file as pen.ahk and save it to"
C:\Users\Your user name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

This will open AutoHotKey when you boot and run the script.
This is not a perfect method but for now it is a work around.

Edit: for Office 365 2013 use
#F20::
IfWinNotExist, OneNote
{
Run, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\onenote.exe
return
}
IfWinExist, OneNote
{
WinActivate
return
}

 

[lords20]

It did not work for me at first. So I compiled the file I made and the desktop version opens up.

Thanks

 

[samurai]

May be you are not aware of the 'surface' app available in the store with which you can do this without any hassle. or am I missing something here.

 

[majorgearhead]

May be you are not aware of the 'surface' app available in the store with which you can do this without any hassle. or am I missing something here.

On windows 10 the Surface app does not work. The settings do not take. This is something that is seriously broken in W10.

 

[Kris]

May be you are not aware of the 'surface' app available in the store with which you can do this without any hassle. or am I missing something here.

This has been a huge issue with Windows 10 for a long time, as stated earlier the surface app doesn't work with Windows 10.
This is not a perfect fix either. From time to time it still brings up the MUI app, but for the most part it works.

 

[samurai]

This has been a huge issue with Windows 10 for a long time, as stated earlier the surface app doesn't work with Windows 10.
This is not a perfect fix either. From time to time it still brings up the MUI app, but for the most part it works.

Thanks for the clarification. I guess this comes under one of the many things that are broken in Win10.

 

[DiverAllen]

Thanks. The script (2nd one) works for me much of the time. However, I wish MSFT would fix this. While my single click on the top button now opens the desktop version (which I want) - a double click opens the screen capture for the 'app' version or 'not desktop version.

Allen

 

[Kris]

Thanks. The script (2nd one) works for me much of the time. However, I wish MSFT would fix this. While my single click on the top button now opens the desktop version (which I want) - a double click opens the screen capture for the 'app' version or 'not desktop version.

Allen

I am trying to find a script that will open the desktop app on a double click.

 

[Kris]

I am having no luck finding out the command that F19, pen double click, gives. Easy enough to make it open other apps but take a screenshot and send it to onenote is proving to be difficult. I am setting mine to open the snipping tool.

 

[Kris]

Still no luck on finding out what command is given when you double click the top button. They only info I can find is it is a F19 command. If anyone knows what the command is it would be a great help in writing up a hotkey script to change it to Onenote desktop 2013 or 2016.

 

[tsongx]

The command behind Note button on AC and the S-Pen's top button, is 'onenote-cmd'.

And the executive detail of 'onenote-cmd' can be specified in REGEDIT, at the key of 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd\shell\open\Command'.

If you want to make the desktop version as default, you can just replace the value of '(Default)' with the path to your OneNote desktop,
e.g. (backup/export that reg key just in case)
"C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" for 32-bit OneNote 2013 in a 64-bit Windows.
"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" for others.

Plus, you may redirect the path to any program you like, such as other note-taking program, Outlook, Task Manager, etc. , to activate your favorite app by pressing S-Pen's button or the Note button in Action Center.

 

[Kris]

The command behind Note button on AC and the S-Pen's top button, is 'onenote-cmd'.

And the executive detail of 'onenote-cmd' can be specified in REGEDIT, at the key of 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\onenote-cmd\shell\open\Command'.

If you want to make the desktop version as default, you can just replace the value of '(Default)' with the path to your OneNote desktop,
e.g. (backup/export that reg key just in case)
"C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" for 32-bit OneNote 2013 in a 64-bit Windows.
"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office15\ONENOTE.EXE" for others.

Plus, you may redirect the path to any program you like, such as other note-taking program, Outlook, Task Manager, etc. , to activate your favorite app by pressing S-Pen's button or the Note button in Action Center.

Did that a while ago, doesn't work. Had to resort to using the autohotkey app. I believe the command F19 is either "windows + s" or "windows + shift + s". Got it to open the desktop version once, with both single press an double press, but when I restarted my SP3 my script no longer worked. So for now my script opens Onenote 2016, on a single press, and snipping tool, on double press.