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OneNote link broken after rearranging online storage

Anonymous
2020-05-25T19:23:02+00:00

I have done some rearranging of my online storage between OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive.  However, now my primary OneNote URL link is broken and I can't seem to get the files back in the place where the URL will will work.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=b273771918feb790&resid=B273771918FEB790!931359&type=3

The big issue is trying to determine WHICH OneNote file is my primary as I have dozens of duplicates (don't know how that was done).

Seriously, I love the application but the lack of understanding how a Section / Page is related to a physical document is just so confusing.  I'm sure to MS Developers, it's all easy as they created this CID and RESID codes to link to a document based on some 'geek' code but to mere mortals, it would be nice to right-click on a Section and it give the actual physical location of the digital file or folder along with the ability to actually open that file or folder.  

From what I can see, a Section relates to a folder and a Page relates to a file.

So how can I actually 'find' the folder/files for "cid=b273771918feb790&resid=B273771918FEB790!931359" and relink the files?  OneNote does not have an 'open' capability.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-09T18:58:06+00:00

    If OneNote does create a folder  C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote. then something is really screwed up.  I can see various Microsoft programs under  C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ but no 'OneNote' folder.  I even did a search for 'OneNote' under the  C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ and the only thing it found were two SVG image files.

    Note: I also checked all of the backups and there were no files located inside the 'backup' sub-folders.

    Again, the ability to recover from an issue such as moving files is problematic.  

    If I had KNOWN that this problem would have occured, I would have NOT moved 'any' of my OneNote files.

    However, rebuilding the data under Google Drive is working great AND if I move the files 'anywhere', I can still display them.  I tested this by dragging a test file to my desktop.  

    Microsoft OneDrive developers simply have their heads in a cloud when it comes to developing applications.  I should know.  I have 25+ years of application development experience.  However, I'm old school.  I always look at 'unexpected' contingencies and the ability to have a fallback position.  This also came from my Marine Corps training.  Before going into a hot zone, you better have a 'fallback' plan. :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-25T23:18:38+00:00

    Renzo,

    The issue is I don't know 'which' OneNote file is the one I was working with.  Somehow there are many OneNote files with similar names but I can't find any with a 'recent' 2020 date.  This is so frustrating as I have invested well over 200+ hours over the past 2-3 years in setting up my OneNote for a variety of purposes.

    I wish there was a 'Recent' option that display the recent files and the location of those files.  At least I could 'rebuild' the folder/file structure to match up with OneNote.

    Honestly, whoever thought of this convoluted way to store files and only using cryptic ID codes needs to be taken to the woodshed.  I don't have these issues with Google Docs or Microsoft 365 documents like Excel, Word, Publisher, etc.  It's only OneNote that handles file storage this way.

    I even attempted to try and find all *.one files but that didn't help.

    At this point, I fear I have lost any ability to restore my OneNotes.  If so, I'm going a completely different route with Google Docs.  At least it has each document linked to a physical digital file.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-26T00:06:38+00:00

    If you are been working with Onenote 2016 version, you should have a backup of all your Onenote Notebooks in below path:

    C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup

    So, in Windows File Explorer, check out that location.

    By other hand, if you are working with Onenote Windows Store version, all your Notebooks are stored in https://onenote.com, and if that notebooks was shared with you by other user, you could ask them to share again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-25T22:59:16+00:00

    Dear Lucius,

    All your notebooks are storage in Onedrive cloud, each notebook (Sections and pages) is an unique file in Onedrive, you will see that file in Onedrive folder structure as a "Microsoft OneNote Notebook" with the same name as in Onenote, if you moved a notebook file outside Onedrive, you are not able to open it in Onenote, so, try this, in an inprivate/incognito browser, go to: https://onedrive.live.com, access with your personal account, and find out your notebooks there in the Onedrive folders structure, if not appears, you can also find it in the Recycle bin.

    By other hand, Onedrive has a new feature "Onedrive Restore", is like a point in time restore, you can go back in time to a specific date/time in order to restore your cloud, see more information in below link:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/restor...

    Regards,

    Renzo.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-25T20:52:38+00:00

    Same problem.  I seem to have lost all my One Notes since 2016   HELP!!!

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