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OneNote 2016 data files location
I have OneNote 2016 for Desktop Win10 set to save data files in
c:\Users\joe\Documents\Onenote Notebooks
but when I look there with file explorer I do not see any files.
Where are the data files?
(I do know they are also in AppData Folder, but I want then in my Documents Folder)
Look in the Information pane in the backstage (File menu): there you will see where your notebooks are stored.
Probably they are saved in the cloud (OneDrive or OneDrive for Business)...
I do not understand what the "backstage (File Menu)" means.
I am not sure how to do that.
thank you - I appreciate your time
Click on the first menu to the left (File): what you see now is the "backstage".
The first choice at the top of the left bar is Information: there you will see the notebooks and their location. :-)
- This nice and useful info for me. Thanks a lot
Unable to open notebooks on OneNote. Notebooks are saved on documents and not OneDrive, therefore I am unable to sync them. I have tried to read solutions in Microsoft Community but cannot open replies when they are in the answer box. Please help.
As already said, if you want to sync a notebook on different devices, then you should create it in OneDrive, not in a local folder.
I have just started using OneNote.
I too am confused as to file location. I want to store the Notepads that I am creating now in the cloud. BUT I also want to see them in my local one drive folders. RIght now I just see a shortcut.
If I can't use these Notepads offline, when not connected to the net, then they are of little use. I opted for local replication of OneDrive so that I could work offline, which is a very common situation for me.
It sounds as though I need to do everything locally and avoid the cloud altogether, except for possibly pushing a backup of my Notepads from time to time.
I do hope that I have this all wrong! Can someone advise please?
I appreciate whatever you can tell me.
thx! MF
I know this old, but I couldn't believe the answer you got. You were in the right area, but you need to turn on show hidden files on file explore. Click on "View" on top, then "Option" to the right. Then pick "view," Under hidden files and folders, click "Show hidden files, folders, and driver." You should see your One Note files. For some reason, window hides them.
If you don't see them, click on "My Notebook"This is not an "old" problem. Its a current problem that was identified years ago and has never been fixed. I have years of work invested in Onenote, but I have to consider the efforts as wasted time. I was a little shocked that people are still having the same problems I did years ago. Want to have some fun? Ask anyone at Microsoft to identify their networking and product strategy for every version of word. If you get the same answer twice, I will be shocked. I tried this a year or two ago and we posted some of the responses on the wall. The lack of knowledge is pervasive. If we didn't have hunreds of templates done in word, we'd be long gone. It's probably been at least a decade or more and Microsoft still can't implement a Section properly. I keep hoping. I view their products as untested, unmaintained code, heavily marketed, based on genius ideas that are never implemented. I wish Digital Equipment was still around, but Congress destroyed them.
