How do I move Sticky Notes content to another computer

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Sticky Notes in Windows 7 - where are the files actually stored, ie, how can I move the content to another computer?

Martha · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-09T17:56:09.323

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All notes are stored in one file:

%AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickyNotes.snt

or possibly

%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickyNotes.snt

Note that this isn't a text file, and it contains both current notes and vestiges of old notes; i.e. it's not exactly useful for sharing stuff.

edited Jan 09 '16 at 17:56

answered Jan 27 '10 at 23:30

Martha

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Thank you. This worked for me, I simply copied the file from the location on the source computer into the same location on the destination computer (overwriting the old file) – keithwarren7 Jan 27 '10 at 23:52
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I used this technique to copy from my old Windows 7 computer to my new Windows 8 computer and it worked, so I guess the format is compatible/unchanged. Cool. – Christopher Aug 21 '12 at 18:34
I think you missed out the Roaming %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickyNotes.snt. Anyway that's not difficult to find where only got 3 folders in %AppData% :) – yancyn Aug 16 '13 at 01:54
There is some confusion here. `%AppData%` is actually a shortcut to `AppData\Roaming` and is not the same as the `AppData` folder. Opening cmd and running `cd %AppData%` changes the directory to `AppData\Roaming`. – mbomb007 May 10 '18 at 15:16

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 09 '16 at 16:46

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AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\stickynotes.snt

At least in Win 7, you must run Sticky Notes first to create the directory and file. Note that AppData is a hidden directory.

Copy and paste the file, and the next time you run Sticky Notes your old notes will appear.

edited Jan 09 '16 at 16:46

Kaspar Lee

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answered Jul 28 '12 at 05:15

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '13 at 14:49

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In Windows 7, notes are stored in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\ folder in StickyNotes.snt file. This file can be copied to a different profile in the same machine or to different machines.

answered Sep 03 '13 at 14:49

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 03 '14 at 13:03

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For Windows 7 either 32 or 64 bit OS it is stored in the following path (replace username with actual username)

c:\users\***username***\appdata\roaming\microsoft\sticky notes\stickynotes.snt

Copy the file and paste in to the other user's profile.

edited Apr 03 '14 at 13:03

Martin Prikryl

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answered Apr 03 '14 at 11:05

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How do I move Sticky Notes content to another computer

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