This version was reused in Windows 8 and the initial releases of Windows 10. Sticky Notes have jumplists and a taskbar preview, which shows the notes in a stack. The default color is yellow, but five other colors are offered. This version did not directly support pen input. Gadgets were continued in Windows 7, though Sticky Notes itself became a standalone app built on the Win32 platform, that could still open at startup. It works faster, starts faster and has no Cortana integration.The original Sticky Notes was a gadget included with Windows Vista. This is the page to get it:įor many users, the classic Desktop app is the more preferable option. Tip: If you don't like the Sticky Notes Store app, you can get the good old classic Sticky Notes app. The Sticky Notes app's page on Microsoft Store To make the font size bigger, move the slider to the right. Moving it to the left will reduce the font size. Move the position of the font size slider to change the font size.To change font size for Sticky Notes in Windows 10, do the following. It appears above the note when you click on the menu button with dots.īesides the color picker, there is an ability to change the font size for your notes. The updated Sticky Notes is now available to Insiders in the Fast Ring. You can create check lists and use it with Windows Ink. You can type a phone number and have it recognize it, and recognize URLs too which you can open in Edge. The new app lets you create Cortana reminders from your notes. Now, its place is taken by a new app with the same name.

With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft discontinued the classic Desktop app 'Sticky Notes'. Sticky Notes is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app which debuted in Windows 10 Anniversary Update and comes with a number of features which the classic desktop app didn't have.

Desktop note app