Comments on: Make Your Own Sticky Notes with Notepad (Windows)

By: Saikat

Saikat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:09:19 +0000

No, it cannot be done with WordPad unfortunately.

By: Torrie

Torrie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:27:38 +0000

This is a nice little idea. Can this be done using Wordpad as well? If so, how?

By: Saikat

Saikat — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:56:00 +0000

That was my intention when I found this solution. Ha, ha..I use an Excel sheet as a planner and a GTD tool. And it’s pretty effective. Keeping things simple as possible – The Art of Uncluttering:)

By: dave rice

dave rice — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:20:31 +0000

Even though slighlty long winded with the new ext and registry stuff. I actually prefer this method from downloading some freeware and installing it. nothing is ever free anymore and those pesky freeware software will have popups and reminders to pee you off all the time.

By: Saikat

Saikat — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:46:17 +0000

There’s no problem if you close it. Just open it again.

By: berlo

berlo — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:06:46 +0000

Is there a way to disable the [x] (close notepad) icon for these .stickies? I am my own worst enemy when it comes to things like closing emptying recycle bins and closing open idle apps neurotically even if I don’t mean to, and I’d probably wind up doing that to something that’s supposed to stick around to remind me persistently.

By: Saikat

Saikat — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:07:27 +0000

Deepak, we create the extension…thus their is no standard extension.

By: Someone

Someone — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:15:44 +0000

It isn’t.

By: Deepak

Deepak — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:03:08 +0000

Hi Saikat,

How read all the sticky notes through a general application that will not be windows dependent. an one thing more that i want to know is that wt is the stranded extension used by windows for sticky notes….

By: Tana

Tana — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Interesting tip! I will try it. I have tried a couple of sticky notes apps but actually I continue to write my stuff in .txt files.

By: Miah

Miah — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:27:23 +0000

I did this in XP. I get the sticky to show up in the menu, but when I make a sticky note, only two lines of it show up, really small. It isn’t a giant old sticky. How do I solve this?

By: Saikat

Saikat — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:01:46 +0000

Hi VJ…sorry for the late reply. Can you save a bitmap in NotePad? I don’t really think so…but do correct me if I am wrong.

By: VJ

VJ — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:52:17 +0000

In regular notepad, you can save a bitmap (screenshot). In the stky file you can’t. Is there a reason for that? – Better yet, is there a fix for that?

By: Shrihari

Shrihari — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:10:36 +0000

Is there a way to hide the taskbar buttons for our “.stky” extension ?

By: Saikat

Saikat — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:26:07 +0000

Hi Shri,

To both your queries…

1. YES
2. YES

By: Shrihari

Shrihari — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:38:46 +0000

Now Saikat, i need you to confirm me two thing..

1) If i create some 4 stickes, do they each occupy a separate button on the taskbar ?
2) Do they all show up again automatically when i restart Windows ?

By: Saikat

Saikat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:08:04 +0000

You forgot the “Create a new registry value” part, which adds the shell icon.

By: kchichester

kchichester — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:24:57 +0000

I tired this. It was simple enough, but the new icon doesn’t show in the context menu. Did I forget something?

By: Earle

Earle — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:40:52 +0000

btw,i have Vista installed as o.s. clarifying

By: Earle

Earle — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:39:16 +0000

i have 20 notepad “notes” that i open from the keyboard using [ no longer available ] Winkey. webkey is a good replacement. associates keyboard numbers/letters [ includes f keys ] with individual notes. in MY case,Windows key plus:
f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f8 f9 f10 f12 q,w,i,o,p,s,g,h,k,z
so yes,notepad WILL display multiple notes

By: Michael Harding

Michael Harding — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:40:34 +0000

Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to apply to Vista as there is no File Types tab there under Folder Options. If that is the case, perhaps it would be more helpful to identify the article as being relevant to XP et al only.

By: Saikat

Saikat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:15:50 +0000

In Vista it is easier actually…Their is no need to manually register a new file type.
1. Create a New File, through Right Click Menu. Give it the extension you want (e.g. stky), associate it with Notepad. Done!

In Vista, file type associations can be found under ‘Default Programs’ – [Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program]
2. You only have to enter the registry if you want to associate a new icon with the new file type.Google the process, it’s a simple two step one.

*But always back-up your registry before making any changes.

By: Blik

Blik — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:14:40 +0000

Not working on Vista.. there is no file types dialog.(

By: Saikat

Saikat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:33:01 +0000

Open as many simultaneous ’stickies’ as you want. No problems!

By: ABar

ABar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:34:37 +0000

Is there a way to make notepad show several stickies on the desktop at the same time?
This is a deal maker/breaker for me.

By: ABar

ABar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:32:19 +0000

Interesting, but I would not mess around with the registry.
I use hottnotes, which allows me to open multiple notes at the same time.
I could give up the fancy features of hottnotes, such as different colors, etc.
I don’t want to give up multiple notes..
Notepad can display only one note at a time. Is there a way to make notepad display several notes at one time?

By: Kedar

Kedar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:13:46 +0000

This was kinda lame.

By: Saikat

Saikat — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:16:39 +0000

The objective is to
- not install a third party software.
- use a ‘different’ file type with a distinguishing icon on the whole and in the right click context menu.
Just creating an unassociated .stky file and using ‘Open With>Notepad’ defeats and prolongs the whole purpose.

Of course, the whole thing becomes redundant if a third part sticky is installed, but hey! we are looking at a way to use the utility of the Notepad for this.

By: Timbo Huey

Timbo Huey — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:03:12 +0000

Notepad+Registry= What the hell?
Just make several text files!
Or you could just download some frickin’ freeware that gives you the actual look of sticky notes.
Don’t get scared now!

By: Ajay

Ajay — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:29:04 +0000

Same question as Mike. Why not just a normal text file?

Also, in case of associating, you can just create the something.stky file and double click on it and then select Notepad as the default option.

Step 2 gets really simplified then.