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
    2015-09-21T03:27:36+00:00

    It told me there were no previous versions available, do you have an idea of how to help or why it would say that?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-21T03:48:58+00:00

    Is system protection turned on?   Windows 7:  control panel, system, advanced system settings, system protection tab, protection settings, make sure protection is ON for your disk.

    If it is off, all might not be lost:  Go back a page or two on this thread - I just saw a post about a possible work-around.

    Good luck!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-17T21:10:10+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?

    Thank you so much. Very helpful. Saved my  day. Gracias :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T16:47:12+00:00

    Thank you very much for this!  I was able to restore my previous StickyNotes.  It was simply easy following your directions!  Really appreciate it!

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