How to Enable or Disable Sticky Notes Delete Confirmation in Windows 7 and Windows 8


   Information
Sticky Notes allows you to type and leave a Post-it type note on your desktop until deleted.

When you delete a sticky note, a "Are you sure you want to delete this note?" dialog message will open by default to confirm.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Sticky Notes delete confirmation message for your account in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

   Note
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\StickyNotes

PROMPT_ON_DELETE DWORD

0 = Disable
1 = Enable


EXAMPLE: Sticky Notes delete confirmation message
Sticky Notes Delete Confirmation - Enable or Disable in Windows 7 & 8-confirm_delete_sticky_note.jpg


Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


 2. To Enable Sticky Notes Delete Confirmation

NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Sticky_Notes_delete_confirmation.reg


Download



 3. To Disable Sticky Notes Delete Confirmation

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Sticky_Notes_delete_confirmation.reg


Download


4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If you have any Sticky Notes currently open, then you will need to log out and log in to Windows to apply your changes.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.



That's it,
Shawn


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