OneNote 2010 remove hyperlink

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I'm using MS one note 2010.

In my note, I want to store a note containing \\ string, e.g.

net use \\192.168.0.111\C$ SomePassword /user:SomePC\Administrator

OneNote thinks that \\ and everything after that is a hyperlink.

How can I remove the hyperlink?

When I right click and select "Remove link" it disappears.
However the effect is only temporary, the link is restored after e.g. re-opening one note.

How can I make it gone forever?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. It's OK if the solution will disable automatic link creation in all my notes.
I'm comfortable pressing Ctrl+K every time I do need a hyperlink.

Best Answer

I have found a kludgy workaround that works in OneNote 2016 on Windows; insert an invisible Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) character between the two forward-slash character. This works even if the URL is prefixed with a protocol such as http:

This can be done by typing /, Alt + 8 2 0 3, / and the rest of the URL [1].

This also works to prevent auto-creation of other hyperlinks; For example, insert a ZWJ after typing www, then type the . and the rest of the URL.

[1] Press Alt, type 8 2 0 3 on the numeric keypad, release Alt.