Thanks, Erik, for the feedback. The folders contain Word docs, so it seems
that I must either manually move the files to OneNote, keep them where they
are, or look for another program to hold all my research files.

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"Erik Sojka (MVP)" wrote:

> Were there any OneNote files in these folders or just a bunch of other
> files (text files, etc.)?
>
> OneNote won't convert these files into OneNote sections automatically.
> That option in Explorer to open a folder as a Notebook is intended as a way
> to reopen a previously closed Notebook, not to convert the contents into a
> new Notebook.
>
> =?Utf-8?B?SW9uYQ==?= <Iona@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:D1335306-716C-4B13-9114-4F8DA788F3DF@microsoft.com:
>
> > I’ve been a user from the get-go, and the early single notebook
> > provided me a place for everything with everything in its place. Until
> > today. I decided that it was time to dump many of my research files
> > (MS Word 1994-2007) into OneNote 2007 and make it my trusted system.
> > Here’s what I did:
> >
> > In Windows Explorer, I opened a folder as a Notebook in OneNote.
> > Thankfully, I made a copy first. The folder consisted of 65
> > sub-folders, 829 files comprising 61.5 MB. About 90 percent of these
> > files are text. Voila! Outlook did what it said it would do, and off I
> > went to OneNote. My new notebook had taken my sub-folders and all the
> > files and created Section Groups that I’ve been unable to open, take
> > a peek inside, or resuscitate.
> >
> > Before I abandon OneNote’s research capabilities, please tell me
> > what might have happened and what, if anything, I can do about it.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
>
>