surface 4 pen - change default app open

Question

Does anyone know how to change which program opens when you click the top of the pen in surface 4?

Answer 1

Hi,

Which Surface device do you have? Which Windows?

The Surface Pro 4 comes with Windows 10. If the customer is able to use the Surface App to open OneNote desktop with a single click, it is a NEW Surface Pro 4 pen.

Double click customization doesn't include which version of OneNote to send the screenshot to, unfortunately. The available options are:

Double-click: Screenshot (default), Disabled, Launch a store app, Launch a desktop app

There's a pretty good write up of what customization is available at http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-now-lets-you-customize-buttons-surface-pen

Answer 2

Even though I have changed the button of one click to open the desktop version of OneNote, double clicks still opens screenshots with the app.

Then the only way is to either configure double click to open snippingtool, or using autohotkey: Reddit: Customized SP4 Pen Top Button AutoHotkey Script

Answer 3

Okay, I've got it working now. Windows update wasn't showing that there were any more updates to install until today for some reason. When I updated Windows today, the other settings suddenly showed up in the app.

Answer 4

They fixed the issue with the new firmware update everybody. Just go into the Surface app and you can change the pen settings easily. Kudos Microsoft

Answer 5

AutoHotKey