[windows-10] Where Sticky Notes are saved in Windows 10 1607

It seems like Sticky Notes are no longer saved in %AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\

I even did a search for *.SNT with no results.

It seems like Microsoft have changed the way Windows handles Notes. Anyone know where the notes are saved now and how to backup/restore them?

Use this document to transfer Sticky Notes data file StickyNotes.snt to the new format

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/recover-backup-sticky-notes-data-file-windows-10/

Restore:

%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

• Close Sticky Notes
• Create a new folder named Legacy
• Under the Legacy folder, copy your existing StickyNotes.snt, and rename it to ThresholdNotes.snt
• Start the Sticky Notes app. It reads the legacy .snt file and transfers the content to the database file automatically.

Backup

just backup following file.

%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\plum.sqlite

It worked for me when HDD with win8.1 crashed and my new HDD has win10. Important to know - Create Legacy folder mentioned in this link. - Remember to rename the StickyNotes.snt to ThresholdNotes.snt. - Restart the app

Find details here https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4wxfds/transfermigrate_sticky_notes_to_new_anniversary/

If at all you can't find .snt folder and above mentioned answers don't work for you. you can simply take plum.sqlite file and read it online or sqlite editor.

for online you can refer to http://inloop.github.io/sqlite-viewer/ link and browse the url as C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

and pick sql lite file and execute it. Post executing select Note and you will find all rows corresponding to each sticky notes you have lost. Select the Text column and copy content, you will find all your data there.

ENJOY !!!!

It depends on the version of Windows 10 you're using. Starting with Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607, Sticky Notes is storing its data in the following directory:

%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe

If your Windows 10 has an older version, it is storing the date in the following directory:

%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\StickyNotes\StickyNotes.snt

Sticky notes in Windows 10 are stored here: C:\Users\"Username"\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes

If you want to restore your sticky notes from earlier versions of windwos, just copy the .snt file and place it in the above location.

N.B: Replace only if you don't have any new notes in Windows 10!

Here what i found. C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState

There is snapshot of your sticky note in .png format. Open it and create your new note.

In windows 10 you can recover in this way, there is no .snt file

1. Start Run
2. Go to this %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe
3. Copy this folder Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe
4. Replace it with new Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe
5. Check your sticky notes now, you will get all your data

It appears Microsoft now stores them in a SQLite database file called plum.sqlite located here:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\plum.sqlite