Save sticky notes?

[Funnycat]

I did a quick search but found nothing relevant. The question is - is it possible to save sticky notes for further use? I don't want to keep them open all th time and I want to keep some doodles
I undertstand that I can probably just copy them or printscreen, but is it possible just to save them?

 

[Funnycat]

Oh wait, I just figured that if you right click sticky notes in the taskbar you can still "close window" and afterwards open it and whatever you wrote/drew loads up

 

[Funnycat]

But anyway, is it possible to save them as files, if, for example, I take notes on my tablet pc and don't wan to keep all of them on the screen all the time?

 

[Dwarf]

You can find the file here C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes
The file is called StickyNotes.snt

Note that you need to be able to view hidden files and folders - see http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/394-hidden-files-folders-show-hide.html for details.

Forgot to add that irrespective of how many individual notes you have, there is only one file per <UserName>, which contains all the notes in a single file.

 

[lassefj]

How do they persist?

Hello!

Are they actually written to disk? Or are they gone as soon as i restart, or turn off the computer?

When are they saved? (if they are)

Regards
Lasse

 

[harpua]

They are saved, in the file as indicated in a previous post. So, unless you delete the note, it will still be available after shutting down and rebooting.

 

[masterB]

They are saved, in the file as indicated in a previous post. So, unless you delete the note, it will still be available after shutting down and rebooting.

Cool, I don't have to put them on my fridge anymore.

 

[elbeasto]

I've just been leaving the sticky notes open when I shut down or reboot and they're there when the PC starts up again...

Should I be doing the close window thing first?

Cheers

 

[Garnock]

Delete or close?

I accidentally clicked the x on my sticky note and had a lot of data I needed on it. It didn't ask me so save but when I open the snt file mentioned it's just a default blank note. How can I get my notes back?

 

[FliGi7]

Just a guess, but try navigating to the C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ directory, right click on the StickyNotes folder, and try to restore previous version.

 

[Garnock]

Good guess and I had not thought of that but when I try it says there is no previous version to be found.

 

[Dwarf]

There is a way around this, but it is somewhat cumbersome.

View attachment StickyNotes.zip

 

[Garnock]

Yea that is cumbersome. It didn't work but that may be because I have already started another note. HOWEVER I noticed in this example that when they closed the note it asked if they were sure they wanted to delete it. How do I turn that option on!!!

 

[Dwarf]

You have probably checked the highlighted box on a previous occasion when you closed the application. I haven't been able to find out how to turn that back on, although it is user independant.


Although this is a neat application, useful for making quick notes, I feel that it is something which Microsoft haven't fully finished.

 

[jbxspartan]

Although this is a neat application, useful for making quick notes, I feel that it is something which Microsoft haven't fully finished.

I got that same impression.

 

[Shroom]

Although this is a neat application, useful for making quick notes, I feel that it is something which Microsoft haven't fully finished.

I got that same impression.

Yeah, they haven't added all the nannying yet.

 

[asprin624]

Here is a fix for Sticky Notes

Here is a fix for Sticky Notes

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971605

It worked for me.......

Later
ASprin624

 

[Dwarf]

With thanks to asprin624 (welcome to Windows 7 Forums, by the way), here is the code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\StickyNotes]
"PROMPT_ON_DELETE"=dword:00000001

View attachment stickynotes.reg

 

[Garnock]

Didn't work but I will try again after I reboot.

 

[asprin624]

Glad to be of help.
The wife has a problem with the jump list in the start menu. For some reason the little jump arrows haved disappeared. She did something and now they are all gone. Example in the start menu for sticky notes there was always a small arrow that you could click and it would open a slid window that is now gone.
I have spent days looking in the internet trying to find a fix for this.
It is not only just sticky notes notepad is gone also and any other that have a history you can look at.
Again if you switch to another user they are all there.

strange
Asprin624