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
    2017-11-25T15:43:03+00:00

    Gee, wouldn't it be great if Microsoft would set up Sticky Notes so that the file is saved in your My Documents folder, so it can be backed up and restored?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-17T15:55:14+00:00

    Hello

    I can't restore to previous version (Win10) but I found file and need data between code as plain text, always some help! :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-16T10:47:33+00:00

    Working like a charm !!!

    Thank you

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-24T15:57:22+00:00

    Are you using Windows 7?

    The Sticky Notes folder will not exist until you create a sticky note.

    Have you created any yet?

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