Sticky Notes: How to recover notes after closing?

Anonymous
2010-04-13T18:05:32+00:00

When using Sticky Notes program to create notes on the desktop, you can't save the notes. You can minimize the notes, but if you hit the "x" or close, you lose all data. At least this is what's happening on my PC.

Is there any way to recover lost notes from Sticky Notes if I hit the "X" accidentally? I know you can copy and paste to and from other text editors and save that way, but what about staying in Sticky Notes to save anything or recover?

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Anonymous
2010-04-13T18:27:34+00:00

Your best chance to recover your data is to try navigating to the C:\Users<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes directory, right click on StickyNotes.snt, and select Restore Previous Versions.  This will pull the file from your latest restore point, if available.

I've discovered if you close the Sticky Note by right-clicking it on the taskbar, it closes the Sticky Note application.  However, next time you open Sticky Notes your data will return.  The same also applies if you leave the Sticky Note up when rebooting your computer.

Cheers,

Barbara

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-07-04T04:52:07+00:00

    IF THE RESTORE POINT IS NOT CREATED THAN WHAT SHOLUD WE DO????????

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-19T11:52:06+00:00

    omg, just read the other posts, which l should of done first time round, and it really has worked!

    typed %appdata% in location bar and followed your instructions, and voila! does system protection use up computer resources (other than hard drive space) therefore slowing it down?

    thanks everyone!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-06-19T11:39:20+00:00

    Your best chance to recover your data is to try navigating to the C:\Users<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes directory, right click on StickyNotes.snt, and select Restore Previous Versions.  This will pull the file from your latest restore point, if available.

    I've discovered if you close the Sticky Note by right-clicking it on the taskbar, it closes the Sticky Note application.  However, next time you open Sticky Notes your data will return.  The same also applies if you leave the Sticky Note up when rebooting your computer.

    Cheers,

    Barbara

    Dear Barbara,

    well l just had the same problem the user had with accidentally closing sticky notes, well my wife 'accidentally' closed them, I tried restoring as you suggested,  that didnt work since there are no previous versions it says. initially l did try a system restore, that didnt work either, so tried your suggestion. neither method worked, so thought it could be because of me initially doing the system restore, but experimented by opening another sticky note and clicking its x to close, and your  StickyNotes.snt instructions. no luck again :(

    l checked the system protection for the hard drive, and it is On and 'working'

    please help

    thanks in advance

    Nixon

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-05T14:34:57+00:00

    Tqvm..

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