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Open as Notebook in OneNote

One of the most fun features that we have in this release is this shell extension we setup for folders.  See the screen shot:

               

Just right-click on a folder and choose "Open as Notebook in OneNote" and it opens OneNote.

I really like it for when I am opening and closing a bunch of notebooks at once.  Not something you use all of the time but when you want to quickly open a notebook check it out.

Published Thursday, May 25, 2006 1:58 AM by descapa

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# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Great idea. Seems to qork ;)
Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:40 AM by Serkant Karaca

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Great Job Dan,
I really like the new and improved OneNote and all the new features!
/WW
Friday, May 26, 2006 12:51 PM by Wictor Wilén

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Using OneNote 2003 and 2007 (Beta 2) as a chalk board.

Pasting strategic web links into OneNote and then Mapping using FreeMind or Mind Manager 6.

I find it easier to see the opportunity as a map than as a group of web pages and .  .  .

Everything is hyperlinked.

You can also assign values and colors to the map for easy of viewing.

Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:24 AM by Silver Osprey

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Cool, sounds like a neat setup you have!

Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:29 PM by descapa

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Is there a way to turn off this shell extension? I really dislike programs that add to the right-click context menus without giving the user the choice to turn it off. If you install 20 programs that do this then your context menu becomes useless because it gets too big.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:02 PM by Mark Wharton

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Mark - Yes you can turn this off.  Just go into the registry and remove this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\OneNote.Open

That is how Windows Explorer knows how to display that on right-click.  Hope this helps...take care!

Friday, May 11, 2007 3:12 PM by descapa

# Removing Explorer extensions: OneNote, Groove, WinRAR and 7-Zip | Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog

PingBack from http://jakebillo.com/2008/02/02/removing-explorer-extensions-onenote-groove-winrar-and-7-zip/

Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:55 AM by Removing Explorer extensions: OneNote, Groove, WinRAR and 7-Zip | Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Daniel:

Great registry tip! Having been through 3 different "replacements" for Vista's explorer.exe. Removal of the third left everything on my system suddenly opening as "One Note Notebooks." As much as I enjoy One Note, I didn't quite want it to open all folders and files :-)

Thanks to your registry key hint, I was able to bring explorer.exe functionality back to retail.

Best regards,

-Corbin Links

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:22 PM by Corbin Links

# re: Open as Notebook in OneNote

Annoying thing about this feature: when I open a folder as a notebook in OneNote, I almost always expect a NEW WINDOW for that notebook. I like to use many OneNote windows at once, and having one of my old ones "replaced" is very annoying.

-Chris

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:57 PM by Chris

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