If you are affected by this bug you can press Ctrl+A to select the whole text of a note and then Cut/Copy/Delete it although the selection will not be visible. It also has been reported to the MATE team, but is not fixed yet.

Or on a MATE desktop: mkdir -p ~/.config/mate On a Gnome desktop: mkdir -p ~/.config/gnome-applets files based on text editors like Notepad. How do i get it back onto my desktop It disappeared when i was closing it, it just went up and out of the desktop. Apart from Sticky Notes, you can enable data syncing for doc. One of my sticky notes disappeared and i can only see it when i use three fingers and swipe up. However, with the latest version update, i.e., Windows 10, you can now enable Sticky Notes to sync everything to the Microsoft cloud platform. Way 4: Turn it on from Windows PowerShell. Earlier, Sticky Notes had no backup or archive feature, which means if deleted, it is gone forever. Press Windows+R to show the Run dialog, input stikynot and tap OK. Type sticky in the search box and select Sticky Notes in the result. Click the Start button to display the Start Menu, and then choose Sticky Notes. Meanwhile you can simply create the missing folder manually by executing this line in a Terminal: 5 ways to open Sticky Notes in Windows 10: Way 1: Open it in Start Menu. We can expect that the distros will release the fix in a few weeks in their regular updates. For Gnome it has been fixed on the same day. I helped fixing this bug in MATE and the patch was merged upstream on. This is a serious bug because user data gets lost! This backup file, which is stored on the computer for a certain specified time, can be found at. This method is useful and effective when you have turned on the automatic backup function in advance or something like this.

Since Ubuntu 16.04 or Linux Mint 18.x or Fedora 24 the distros with Gnome and MATE desktops do not create the folder where StickyNotes applet tries to save its data. Use SNT file to recover missing sticky notes in Windows 10.

There are two problems and they are not related.

My sticky notes disappeared