Attempting to launch a Groupy with any OneNote windows results in only one OneNote window being loaded and it is that of the most recently opened OneNote page.
I've recently discovered how to launch multiple instances of OneNote, and have each instance get a particular page:
Essentially you have to launch the ONENOTE.EXE from the command line or batch file, and subsequently launch the ONENOTE.EXE again with the /hyperlink switch specifying the Notebook\Section\Page. The most recently launched instance of ONENOTE.EXE will navigate to that location. The problem is one of timing. I can't attempt to launch them all simultaneously. There needs to be a brief pause between launches of the instances. I'm able to do that in a batch script:
REM start the program START "MyWindowName" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE" REM wait for 8 seconds for program to load before attempting to load page. REM This allows for whatever cleanup OneNote does timeout /t 8 /nobreak REM load the page REM hyperlink argument requires path be URI encoded START "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE" /hyperlink "onenote:///C:\Notebooks\MyNotebook1\Section.one§ion-id={MD5}&page-id={MD5}&end"
But I could not get it working in the Groupy file format. The only improvement I'd been able to make there was having the single instance point to a specific page. But attempting multiple instances fails.
I'm looking for more information on the make up of the Groupy file format.
And of course if there could be some time and consideration put into supporting OneNote as you do the peculiarities of Word and Excel
Thanks!
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Basj,Stardock Community Assistant
Hi @Basj,
I just ran into this problem today.
- I opened 5 OneNote windows.- I merged them into a single StarDock Groupy window.- I saved the group using StarDock's "Save Group" option.
But when I launch that "Save Group" shortcut, StarDock Groupy only opens a single window.
Furthermore, just like the OP...I need to have specific pages open in each OneNote window.
The timing issue is critical to accomplish this.The StarDock Groupy shortcut script would have to be able to open the window, then wait a few seconds until the window is in focus, then launch the specific page link so that window can display the page.
Given that the StarDock team have been aware of this issue for a year...should I assume this will not get fixed?
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Hello,I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.Basj,Stardock Community Assistant
LOL! That's same answer you gave the OP a year ago.No worries, I'm sure it's a time or priorities issue.
Let me experiment with AutoHotKey and see if we can trick the StarDock Groupy shortcut tool into opening these into a single window.
After a little more experimenting with OneNote and Groupy shortcuts...
A strange thing I noticed is that StarDock Groupy's "NewTabName=" option doesn't work with OneNote.
You can set it to any tab name...but it will always open and only use OneNote's active page name as a tab title.
Compare this to say...Microsoft Word. There, it respects the "NewTabName=" value.
I use Onetastic, and they just came out with a Window Manager for OneNote!
https://getonetastic.com/macro/window-manager
With this you can create sets of open windows to be launched. Then you can use Groupy if you want them to be grouped together.
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