Samsung Notes on a non-Samsung PC/Laptop

[Joe Caverly]

It's been a few years since I have had the need to use Samsung Notes on my non-Samsung PC.

The workaround that I had used previously no longer works, so I had to find a new method.

First, I used WinGet from the command line to install the latest Samsung Notes;

winget install "Samsung Notes"

Once installed, it will not start on a non-Samsung PC/Laptop.

It returns;

This app only works with Galaxy Books

I had to make my non-Samsung system appear to Samsung Notes as a Samsung system.

Thus, I wrote the following .BTM to do this;

:: Samsung.btm [ON][OFF][status]
::
:: Samsung Notes will only work on a Samsung PC/Laptop
:: This .btm updates the registery to make this system look like a Samsung System.
::
:: Before starting Samsung Notes, run Samsung.btm ON
::
:: start shell:AppsFolder\SAMSUNGELECTRONICSCoLtd.SamsungNotes_wyx1vj98g3asy!App
::
:: After Samsung Notes has been started, run Samsung.btm OFF

:: Install Samsung notes;
::  winget install "Samsung Notes"
::
@SETLOCAL
@ECHO OFF
iff %# eq 0 then
  echo USAGE: %_batchname [on][off][status]
  quit
endiff

iff %1 eq on then
  chronic echo %@regsetenv["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer",REG_SZ,%@iniread[%_batchname,Samsung,SystemManufacturer]]
  chronic echo %@regsetenv["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName",REG_SZ,%@iniread[%_batchname,Samsung,SystemProductName]]
  input /k"ynYN" Start Samsung Notes? (y/n): %%theKey
  if %theKey eq y start shell:AppsFolder\SAMSUNGELECTRONICSCoLtd.SamsungNotes_wyx1vj98g3asy!App
endiff

iff %1 eq off then
  chronic echo %@regsetenv["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer",REG_SZ,%@iniread[%_batchname,Dell,SystemManufacturer]]
  chronic echo %@regsetenv["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName",REG_SZ,%@iniread[%_batchname,Dell,SystemProductName]]
endiff

iff %1 eq status then
  echo %@regquery["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer"]
  echo %@regquery["HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName"]
endiff

ENDLOCAL
quit

[Dell]
SystemManufacturer=Dell Inc.
SystemProductName=Precision T5610
[Samsung]
SystemManufacturer=Samsung
SystemProductName=NP960XFG-KC4UK

Note that I have saved the System Manufacturer, and System Product Name, in the .INI section of the .BTM

Posting this mainly for my future reference, but others might also be interested.

Joe