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This is a registry tweak on how to make the Windows 10 note quick action in the notification center launch Evernote desktop app. Choose method 1 if you are experienced with the windows registry or else choose method 2. Method 1 Open the windows registry and navigate to the key below. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\All\SystemSettings_Launcher_QuickNote Double click on the string value "URI" and change its value to "evernote://". Now close the registry sign out and sign back into windows. Go to notification center and hit the note quick action. Voila! Method 2 Open notepad and paste the following text highlighted in red below: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ActionCenter\Quick Actions\All\SystemSettings_Launcher_QuickNote]"Icon"=dword:0000e70b"IsAllowedAboveLock"=dword:00000000"Title"=dword:00000075"Type"=dword:00000002"Uri"="evernote:" Go to file and click Save file as.Change Save as type to All files.Name your file with .reg at the end.Now go to your saved file and double click it.Click yes when prompted to add information to the windows registry. Enjoy!

Evernote maintains an extensive (and searchable) knowledge base on each of our platforms and products. The KB Spotlight is a regular forum feature that helps educate and cross-pollinate knowledge base articles with our user forum. As always, your comments are welcome! Windows Keyboard Shortcuts Global You can use those system-wide shortcuts while working in any application (provided Evernote is running). You can redefine these shortcuts in Tools > Options > Global Hot Keys tab. Ctrl + Alt + N Switch to Evernote and immediately create a new note Win + PrintScreen Start screen capture mode Esc Cancel screen capture Win + A Clip selected Win + Shift + F Start a new Evernote search Ctrl + Alt + V Paste clipboard into Evernote as a new note Application-Wide These shortcuts are available when the Evernote application is active. Ctrl + Alt + N Switch to Evernote and immediately create a new note. F1 Open online help web page in default browser F9 Start synchronization with the Service Ctrl + N Create a new note Alt + F4 Esc Close child windows and hide main window (minimize to tray) Ctrl + Q Exit application F6 Ctrl + Alt + F If search box is empty, move focus to it, otherwise start search and move to first highlighted keyword Ctrl + Shift + A Reset search F10 Toggle display of left panel F11 Toggle display of note list Ctrl + F11 Toggle display of note panel Ctrl + F10 Toggle display of the search explanation F5 Cycle through note list views (Table, Mixed, Thumbnails) Ctrl + F5 Set note list to Table view Ctrl + F6 Set note list to Mixed view Ctrl + F7 Set note list to Thumbnails view F8 Toggle display of note info panel Ctrl + F8 Toggle display of note editing toolbar F2 Rename focused notebook, note, tag or saved search F3 Set focus to the tag field of the active note Ctrl + Shift + N Create a new notebook Ctrl + Shift + T Create a new tag Ctrl + Shift + S Create a new saved search Ctrl + Alt + T Assign tags F7 Start spell-checking Note List These shortcuts will function properly when the note list panel has focus. Shortcuts for note-level operations (e.g., email, tag, print) will work even if the note panel does not have focus. Up Go to to previous note Down Go to next note Page Up Scroll list up one page Page Down Scroll list down one page Home Go to the first note in list End Go to the last note in list Delete Move selected notes to trash Ctrl + A Select all notes Ctrl + Enter Open the selected note in a separate window (Alt + F4 to close window) Ctrl + Shift + E Send selected notes by email Ctrl + P Open Print dialog for selected notes Ctrl + F2 Open print preview window for selected notes Enter Places focus in the note editor of the selected note. Ctrl + Alt + T Open "Assign Tags" dialog Side Panel These shortcuts will function when the side panel (notebook list, tag list, etc.) has focus. Up Move focus to the previous item in the tree within a section (notebooks, tags, ...) Down Move focus to the next item in the tree within a section (notebooks, tags, ...) Right Expand the item that have sub-items Left Collapse the item that have sub-items if it is not collapsed yet Ctrl + Down Arrow Move to the next item without selecting it Ctrl + Up Arrow Move to the previous item without selecting it Space Select the focused item exclusively, unselecting all other items Ctrl + Space Select the focused item (notebook,tag and attributes allow toggling selection on and off while notebooks, saved searches and trash can be only selected) Delete Delete selected (or focused, if there is no selection) notebook, tag or saved search Note Editor These shortcuts will work when you are editing a note. F8 Toggle display of note info Ctrl + F8 Toggle display of note editing toolbar F2 Rename focused notebook, note, tag or saved search F3 Set focus to the tag field of the active note Esc Move focus from note editor to note list Ctrl + F Search within a note Ctrl + G Enter Find next Ctrl + Shift + G Shift + Enter Find Previous Ctrl + A Select All content in the current note Ctrl + X Cut selection to clipboard Ctrl + C Copy selection to clipboard Ctrl + V Paste text from clipboard with the original formatting Ctrl + Shft + V Paste text from clipboard as unformatted text Ctrl + Z Undo last edit Ctrl + Y Redo last undone edit Ctrl + B Make selection bold Ctrl + I Make selection italic Ctrl + U Make selection underlined Ctrl + T Make selection striked through Ctrl + Shift + B Format selection as bulleted list Ctrl + Shift + O Format selection as numbered list Ctrl + D Open font dialog to change font face, size and color for selected text Ctrl + Shift + > Ctrl + [ Increase font size for selected text (German keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + .) Ctrl + Shift + < Ctrl + ] Decrease font size for selected text (German keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + ,) Ctrl + Space Remove formatting Ctrl + M Tab Increase indent for current paragraph (or for selection) Ctrl + Shift + M Shift + Tab Decrease indent for current paragraph (or for selection) Ctrl + L Align current paragraph (or selection) left Ctrl + R Align current paragraph (or selection) right Ctrl + E Center current paragraph (or selection) Ctrl + J Justify current paragraph (or selection) Ctrl + Shift + C Insert a "To Do" checkbox Ctrl + Shift + X Open "Encrypt selection" dialog on a selected text Alt + Shift + D Ctrl + ; Insert current date and time Ctrl + Click on a hyperlink Ctrl + Enter Open hyperlink under caret. Ctrl + K Open "Add Hyperlink" dialog to create a new hyperlink from the selected text Ctrl + Shift + K Open "Edit Hyperlink" dialog to edit the existing hyperlink under the caret Ctrl + Shift + F9 Remove hyperlink Ctrl + S Save current note explicitly (notes are also saved automatically)