Recovery 2026

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2026 Recovery Toolkit

Adds tools/Invoke-OneNoteRecovery.ps1, a recovery companion for failed OneNote PDF/HTML exports.

What changed

• Added retry workflow for failed OneNote COM publish entries.
• Added short-path retry mode using subst for Windows path-length failures.
• Added merge/index workflow for recovered files.
• Added cleanup handling for HTML resource folders.
• Fixed an upstream PowerShell typo that could break parsing.
• Updated README with 2026 Windows usage instructions.
• Added .gitignore and regression tests.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11
• Windows PowerShell 5.1
• OneNote desktop
• Microsoft Word desktop
• Pandoc for the main markdown/org export path

Verification

• Python regression tests pass with python3 -m unittest discover -s tests.
• Static repository checks pass.
• OneNote COM runtime must be validated on Windows.

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@alopezrivera would love to contribute to this project. I've used your version and made some enhancements to it to work in 2026 even better.
P.S.: tested on my Windows 11 machine with a large export.