Windows 10: Retrieving a deleted sticky note: snt-file doesn't contain recent entries

I accidentally deleted a sticky note after which I searched the internet for ways to retrieve said sticky note.
The solution that's mentioned the most is to 1) go to the following path "%AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\", 2) open the .snt-file containing information from all sticky notes with a text editor such as Wordpad and 3) sift through the information (including code) in the file to locate the content of the deleted sticky note.

I followed that solution and succesfully opened the .snt-file, but I soon realised that while the file did contain content from the sticky note I accidentally deleted, the content was several months old, meaning that entries I made to the note for the recent 3-4 months were not there. That was true also for all of the other sticky notes I had not deleted. It just seemed that for some reason the .snt-file stopped updating at some point several months ago. It stirkes me as weird that the .snt-file contains older information, but not the most recent entries.
Does anyone have an explanation for that?

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sticky notes

I have a situation in which we need the date and time stamp from an OPEN sticky note. If she closes it out, it will go into Sticky Notes SNT file which contains other deleted sticky notes and the date and time stamp for the entire folder. Any suggestions
will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You

Officer Powell

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sticky notes

Was this the WIndows 10 Upgrade from WIndows 7, 8 or 8.1?

Check now for a C:\Windows.old folder that is created during an Upgrade. If that folder is found, you can

Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 10 and then follow the steps here:

• To backup sticky notes in Windows 10/8.1/8/7:

STEP 1. Type %AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes in the windows.old folder Search box.

STEP 2. Copy StickyNotes.snt to a safe location.

• To restore sticky notes:

STEP 1. Type %AppData%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes in start menu search box or run and press Enter.

STEP 2. Copy the StickyNotes.snt file from your backup folder and paste it in the folder that opens. Agree to overwrite the old file, or delete it first before copying. If it balks then install and use the

Take Ownership Shortcut on the folder so you can replace the .snt file.

If you don't have Windows.old folder, do you have a backup image of your old install which we can help you mount to browse into the old files?

If not then your notes may be lost. In the future use Notepad or Wordpad which can more easily save Files to your Documents, or back up the Sticky Notes file regularly following the above.

 

Transfer Sticky Notes snt file to new PC with win 10 1607

I found and copied my snt file on my Win 7 machine. I have a new Win 10 machine with Anniversary Edition (ver 1607) and want to transfer my sticky notes to it.

The old path doesn't exist. I made a new sticky note on new pc, closed the program, and searched the entire C: drive for *.snt. Cant find it anywhere. How do I import old sticky notes to new machine?