I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows Explorer
rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if there is a Notebook
that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't show up anywhere in Windows
Explorer so you can't delete it?! I have even set up Explorer to show hidden
files, in case it had become hidden, but it still isn't showing up. Can
somebody help me?

I'm sure there is a more elegant method but, I just searched all drives for
*.one.

This is a "brute force" approach but it worked for me.

"oistrakhan" wrote:

> I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows Explorer
> rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if there is a Notebook
> that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't show up anywhere in Windows
> Explorer so you can't delete it?! I have even set up Explorer to show hidden
> files, in case it had become hidden, but it still isn't showing up. Can
> somebody help me?

oistrakhan wrote:
> I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows
> Explorer rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if
> there is a Notebook that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't
> show up anywhere in Windows Explorer so you can't delete it?!

This does not happen. You just have to look at the right place ;-)

> I have
> even set up Explorer to show hidden files, in case it had become
> hidden, but it still isn't showing up.

How do you know that the file still exists?

Can somebody help me?

Help yourself <g> : Just *search* for *.ONE files.
Most probably you just had put the file to a wrong place.

Rainald
P.S. When the file is still open, one can check for the physical
location of a notebook by moving the mouse-cursor over the notebook's
bar in the Navigation Pane; the yellow speed-tip (balloon-tip) shows the
full path. One can also right-click on the bar and select "Properties"
from the context menu.

Rainald

Thanks to you both. In answer to Bob, it is Sections that have the suffix
*.one - Notebooks are equivalent to Folders. I realised, though, that the
problem I was really having was that the same Notebook was appearing TWICE,
in two different places, in the Navigation Pane - for some odd reason. If I
deleted it in Explorer - everything went!
I solved it by moving all the sections (temporarily) somewhere else in
Windows Explorer. I then deleted the Notebook (in Explorer); re-created it
(in OneNote); then (in Explorer) I moved the sections into it. Bingo!
In the middle of me trying to solve the problem, OneNote created a sort of
Notebook called 'Open Sections' - I've never seen that before - but now it
has changed its mind and that has gone.

"Rainald Taesler" wrote:

> oistrakhan wrote:
> > I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows
> > Explorer rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if
> > there is a Notebook that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't
> > show up anywhere in Windows Explorer so you can't delete it?!
>
> This does not happen. You just have to look at the right place ;-)
>
> > I have
> > even set up Explorer to show hidden files, in case it had become
> > hidden, but it still isn't showing up.
>
> How do you know that the file still exists?
>
> Can somebody help me?
>
> Help yourself <g> : Just *search* for *.ONE files.
> Most probably you just had put the file to a wrong place.
>
> Rainald
> P.S. When the file is still open, one can check for the physical
> location of a notebook by moving the mouse-cursor over the notebook's
> bar in the Navigation Pane; the yellow speed-tip (balloon-tip) shows the
> full path. One can also right-click on the bar and select "Properties"
> from the context menu.
>
> Rainald
>
>
>

Thanks for your success report!

It seems that you must have done something really odd to have the same
notebook appear twice.

"Open Sections" is not a *notebook*. This entry always appears when a
section is opened which is not stored in the hierarchy of a notebook.
And it appears if one opens a section directly.

As now everything seems to be OK, I recommend to clear the cache.
This can be done from "Tools | Options | Save" with the button "Optimize
all files".

Rainald

oistrakhan wrote:
> Thanks to you both. In answer to Bob, it is Sections that have the
> suffix *.one - Notebooks are equivalent to Folders. I realised,
> though, that the problem I was really having was that the same
> Notebook was appearing TWICE, in two different places, in the
> Navigation Pane - for some odd reason. If I deleted it in Explorer -
> everything went!
> I solved it by moving all the sections (temporarily) somewhere else in
> Windows Explorer. I then deleted the Notebook (in Explorer);
> re-created it (in OneNote); then (in Explorer) I moved the sections
> into it. Bingo!
> In the middle of me trying to solve the problem, OneNote created a
> sort of Notebook called 'Open Sections' - I've never seen that before
> - but now it has changed its mind and that has gone.
>
> "Rainald Taesler" wrote:
>
>> oistrakhan wrote:
>>> I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows
>>> Explorer rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if
>>> there is a Notebook that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't
>>> show up anywhere in Windows Explorer so you can't delete it?!
>>
>> This does not happen. You just have to look at the right place ;-)
>>
>>> I have
>>> even set up Explorer to show hidden files, in case it had become
>>> hidden, but it still isn't showing up.
>>
>> How do you know that the file still exists?
>>
>> Can somebody help me?
>>
>> Help yourself <g> : Just *search* for *.ONE files.
>> Most probably you just had put the file to a wrong place.
>>
>> Rainald
>> P.S. When the file is still open, one can check for the physical
>> location of a notebook by moving the mouse-cursor over the notebook's
>> bar in the Navigation Pane; the yellow speed-tip (balloon-tip) shows
>> the full path. One can also right-click on the bar and select
>> "Properties" from the context menu.
>>
>> Rainald

Just done exactly what you suggest. Thanks. (We'll never know why a Notebook
decided to clone itself - in the Navigation Pane but NOT in Windows Explorer).

"Rainald Taesler" wrote:

> Thanks for your success report!
>
> It seems that you must have done something really odd to have the same
> notebook appear twice.
>
> "Open Sections" is not a *notebook*. This entry always appears when a
> section is opened which is not stored in the hierarchy of a notebook.
> And it appears if one opens a section directly.
>
> As now everything seems to be OK, I recommend to clear the cache.
> This can be done from "Tools | Options | Save" with the button "Optimize
> all files".
>
> Rainald
>
> oistrakhan wrote:
> > Thanks to you both. In answer to Bob, it is Sections that have the
> > suffix *.one - Notebooks are equivalent to Folders. I realised,
> > though, that the problem I was really having was that the same
> > Notebook was appearing TWICE, in two different places, in the
> > Navigation Pane - for some odd reason. If I deleted it in Explorer -
> > everything went!
> > I solved it by moving all the sections (temporarily) somewhere else in
> > Windows Explorer. I then deleted the Notebook (in Explorer);
> > re-created it (in OneNote); then (in Explorer) I moved the sections
> > into it. Bingo!
> > In the middle of me trying to solve the problem, OneNote created a
> > sort of Notebook called 'Open Sections' - I've never seen that before
> > - but now it has changed its mind and that has gone.
> >
> > "Rainald Taesler" wrote:
> >
> >> oistrakhan wrote:
> >>> I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in Windows
> >>> Explorer rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do you do if
> >>> there is a Notebook that you DON'T want in OneNote but it doesn't
> >>> show up anywhere in Windows Explorer so you can't delete it?!
> >>
> >> This does not happen. You just have to look at the right place ;-)
> >>
> >>> I have
> >>> even set up Explorer to show hidden files, in case it had become
> >>> hidden, but it still isn't showing up.
> >>
> >> How do you know that the file still exists?
> >>
> >> Can somebody help me?
> >>
> >> Help yourself <g> : Just *search* for *.ONE files.
> >> Most probably you just had put the file to a wrong place.
> >>
> >> Rainald
> >> P.S. When the file is still open, one can check for the physical
> >> location of a notebook by moving the mouse-cursor over the notebook's
> >> bar in the Navigation Pane; the yellow speed-tip (balloon-tip) shows
> >> the full path. One can also right-click on the bar and select
> >> "Properties" from the context menu.
> >>
> >> Rainald
>
>

oistrakhan wrote:
> Just done exactly what you suggest. Thanks.

OK, fine!

(We'll never know why a
> Notebook decided to clone itself - in the Navigation Pane but NOT in
> Windows Explorer).

Perhaps you had just opened it *twice* without noticing what you did.

Rainald

>
> "Rainald Taesler" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your success report!
>>
>> It seems that you must have done something really odd to have the
>> same notebook appear twice.
>>
>> "Open Sections" is not a *notebook*. This entry always appears when a
>> section is opened which is not stored in the hierarchy of a notebook.
>> And it appears if one opens a section directly.
>>
>> As now everything seems to be OK, I recommend to clear the cache.
>> This can be done from "Tools | Options | Save" with the button
>> "Optimize all files".
>>
>> Rainald
>>
>> oistrakhan wrote:
>>> Thanks to you both. In answer to Bob, it is Sections that have the
>>> suffix *.one - Notebooks are equivalent to Folders. I realised,
>>> though, that the problem I was really having was that the same
>>> Notebook was appearing TWICE, in two different places, in the
>>> Navigation Pane - for some odd reason. If I deleted it in Explorer -
>>> everything went!
>>> I solved it by moving all the sections (temporarily) somewhere else
>>> in Windows Explorer. I then deleted the Notebook (in Explorer);
>>> re-created it (in OneNote); then (in Explorer) I moved the sections
>>> into it. Bingo!
>>> In the middle of me trying to solve the problem, OneNote created a
>>> sort of Notebook called 'Open Sections' - I've never seen that
>>> before - but now it has changed its mind and that has gone.
>>>
>>> "Rainald Taesler" wrote:
>>>
>>>> oistrakhan wrote:
>>>>> I know that the only way to delete an entire notebook is in
>>>>> Windows Explorer rather than in OneNote itself. But - what do
>>>>> you do if there is a Notebook that you DON'T want in OneNote but
>>>>> it doesn't show up anywhere in Windows Explorer so you can't
>>>>> delete it?!
>>>>
>>>> This does not happen. You just have to look at the right place ;-)
>>>>
>>>>> I have
>>>>> even set up Explorer to show hidden files, in case it had become
>>>>> hidden, but it still isn't showing up.
>>>>
>>>> How do you know that the file still exists?
>>>>
>>>> Can somebody help me?
>>>>
>>>> Help yourself <g> : Just *search* for *.ONE files.
>>>> Most probably you just had put the file to a wrong place.
>>>>
>>>> Rainald
>>>> P.S. When the file is still open, one can check for the physical
>>>> location of a notebook by moving the mouse-cursor over the
>>>> notebook's bar in the Navigation Pane; the yellow speed-tip
>>>> (balloon-tip) shows the full path. One can also right-click on the
>>>> bar and select "Properties" from the context menu.
>>>>
>>>> Rainald