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
    2011-10-02T17:55:23+00:00

    you need to enabled hidden folders in your map options; or just click on the location bar and manually type "%appdata%" (without quotes)

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-06T15:52:50+00:00

    Hi, I was wondering if you could help me? I got as far as my username but after that i couldnt find app data/roaming or even microsoft. Is there any other alternatives?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-24T19:51:20+00:00

    Thanks, very helpful!

    How do I change the settings so the application will ask to confirm before deleting a note?

    I saw that turned on on another PC...

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-21T05:55:03+00:00

    Thank you so very much for puting up this great informaiton Barbara. I had some important notes on the sticky and my daughter exited it by mistake - you saved me lots of headachs.  Cheers.

    Umer/Tronto.

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