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
    2014-12-22T08:51:27+00:00

    Hi Barbara,

    Thank you! 

    I thought I lost all my data. Excellent advice..

    Cheers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-09T02:46:28+00:00

    thanks for this tip Barbara. it did save my day...

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-21T08:48:43+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

    A million thanks, you saved me a ton of really boring work, great fix.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-11-07T13:30:51+00:00

    I WISH SOMEONE WILL DO A FAVOR TO YOU SOMEDAY LIKE YOU HAVE JUST DID TO ME..

    CHEERS :)))

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