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Offline jennings57

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OneNote stopped working
« on: Wednesday 23 August 17 20:48 BST (UK) »
Hi, All
I have a situation where the Microsoft OneNote stopped working. I cannot open one important .onenote extension file. I get this error message: This OneNote section file appears to be corrupted.

Any suggestions ideas would be great.
Thanks in Advance!!!

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Re: OneNote stopped working
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 August 17 07:05 BST (UK) »
I don't use OneNote but I understand that it backs up files automatically. It may be worth identifying the backup location on your machine in the hope that a previous (uncorrupted) version has not been overwritten.
Failing that, try opening the file in Notepad. Over the years I've found Notepad and its predecessors very forgiving when it comes to corrupt files. Whilst formatting is lost, content often isn't.

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