OneNote Search Results not pinning

Krajewski, Todd 10

When attempting to click the "pin search results (Alt-O)" or by pressing ALT-O, the pinning action does not work.

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Matthew Bouwens 36 Reputation points

2025-09-12T17:09:50.68+00:00

This also broke recently for me - On OneNote 2508 Build 19127.20154

Using "ALT+O", as well as attempting to click the bottom text with the "Pin" icon kept taking me to the first result in a page without the results. However, after a few minutes the "Search Results" pane did finally show.

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T Tabor 15 Reputation points

2026-02-27T19:31:01.2466667+00:00

I found a workaround. (Clearing the cache didnt work for me.)
But what has worked for me is when the "Pin search Results" Stops working, I go to View>Tabs Layout, then I change the layout to "Vertical Tabs" and then click "New Docked Window"
I close the New Docked Window that appears. Change the Tabs Layout back to "Horizontal Tabs", and then try "Pin Search Results" again, and it works. ((Might not need to change the "Tabs Layout." I suspect the "New Docked Window" might be all that is needed to get it working again but I didnt test that.

For me, it seems to stay fixed for several months and then somehow stops working.
Anyway, I hope it helps.
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RAYMOND BARBIERI 5 Reputation points

2026-03-16T22:54:56.7266667+00:00

I only had to go to New Docked Window. When I closed that, immediately, the results show in the right as expected.

Henrik Vestergaard 65 Reputation points

2026-09-28T05:17:33.06+00:00

@T Tabor Thats a wonderfull catch, thanks