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OneNote Searching (Indexing ?) Problem (Bug)
- Feb 11, 2026
Replying to my own post - BUT I FIXED IT! - BUT now have other problems.
Here's what I did.
First - Backed up OneNote (which I don't fully understand where, how that works)
Next - Found the Onenote location - then closed Onenote
Next - deleted all of the files in the Onenote cache
Next - Brought OneNote back up - and it came up EMPTY (with Errors)Jacked around with the Open Backups - AS WELL AS trying to use a New Notebook location
(where I had copied my Notebook files on the advice of another post).Anyway, I finally got Onenote back up and the Search function is now working and picking up recently added notes (which was the original problem).
However, WHERE AM I.
Onenote "Info" now shows 2 Notebooks (OneNote Notebooks 4 and OneNote Notebooks 2) - and the location shown for the OneNote Notebooks 4 is even worse
(https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=C6E59%21s0bcbd9618347485ca665bf8f3012d298&id=documents&end=()&end).
OneNote is working (well, almost - another problem with the Search dropdown list showing a full path name instead of page names) - but things are still not right.
How do I get everything lined back up (notebook names, location, etc.) - plus I have a question about the locations in the "Save & Backup" Option.
Should I open another Post for these new problems.
ron in shawnee
Searching in OneNote is broken, and Microsoft doesn't care. What else is new?