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Sticky Notes

Desktop notes · v1.0.2 · free to use

Sticky Notes 1.0.2 for Windows 10 and 11. Notes that float on your desktop the way Windows 7 did them, without the Microsoft account or OneDrive sync. A small mascot sits on your desktop: click it for a new note, or pick a different one from the tray menu.

Download Sticky Notes 1.0.2 (.zip, 74 MB) Contains StickyNotes.exe. Unzip it somewhere permanent and run it; there's nothing to install. It starts in the tray, next to the clock. SHA-256: 29c86430115a8a82031c26faa181b159ab7a54d0b89b0b9b73a170dc991208e0

Sticky Notes is free. If it keeps your desk tidy, you can buy me a coffee ☕

Code-signed. Windows shows the publisher as Bernardo Moreno (right-click StickyNotes.exe > Properties > Digital Signatures). The certificate is new, so SmartScreen may still show "Windows protected your PC" for a while. If it does, click More info, then Run anyway.

What you need

  • 64-bit Windows 10 or 11
  • Nothing else: .NET is built in

What Sticky Notes does

The simple desktop notes Windows used to have, with a mascot to keep you company.

Notes on your desktop

  • Drag notes anywhere on the desktop and resize them
  • Pick light or dark note colors
  • Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and bullets

Desktop mascots

  • A small mascot sits on your desktop: click it for a new note
  • Five to pick from in the tray menu: Mug Boss, Owl Analyst, Punk Note, Pinja Ninja and Nope Cat

Always one click away

  • Lives in the tray, next to the clock
  • Show or hide all your notes, or start a quick new note, from the tray icon

Your notes stay yours

  • Saved only on your PC, in %LOCALAPPDATA%\StickyNotes: no account and no OneDrive
  • Every save is written all the way to disk, and the previous save is kept as a backup
  • If the notes file is ever damaged, your notes come back from the backup
  • Checks this site once a day for a newer version (you can turn that off in the tray menu)

Your notes are saved only on your PC, in %LOCALAPPDATA%\StickyNotes. The only thing Sticky Notes sends anywhere is a once-a-day check of this site for a newer version, with no data about you or your notes (you can turn that off in the tray menu).

Changelog

Version history

Every public release of Sticky Notes, newest first.

  1. Sticky Notes 1.0.2

    latest
    • Your notes are saved more safely: each save is written all the way to disk, and the previous save is kept as a backup
    • If the notes file is ever damaged (for example by a power cut), Sticky Notes restores your notes from the backup instead of starting empty

  2. Sticky Notes 1.0.1

    • Code-signed by Bernardo Moreno, so Windows can verify where it came from
    • No other changes from 1.0.0

  3. Sticky Notes 1.0.0

    • First public release
    • Windows 7 style sticky notes with light and dark colors
    • Desktop mascots: Mug Boss, Owl Analyst, Punk Note, Pinja Ninja and Nope Cat
    • Tray icon with show, hide and a quick new note
    • Built-in update check (can be turned off in the tray menu)