Backup, restore and move sticky notes using a Windows sticky notes alternative software

We often store important information in our sticky notes. Losing the data due to any reason say upgrade or while trying to import from other software is thus a significant threat. What is required is a secure method to back up the data and safely restore it anytime. And what about moving them to another system? This is an important feature too.

With the recent updates in Windows sticky notes, we surely are happy with the new sync feature and dark theme. It will make our experience better for sure. But taking backups and restoring is still tedious and time-consuming.

We therefore present to you an alternative software, Notezilla which will take multiple backups for you and restore all your sticky notes back from the cloud.

What is Notezilla?

Notezilla is a professional, elegant & highly rated sticky notes app for Windows & Phones (Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, etc.). It can help you organize your life by keeping all the notes, tasks & reminders that you may need when-ever and where-ever you are.

With sticky notes, you hardly have to put effort to take notes, set reminders, etc. Just jot down & move on with your task at hand. Notezilla allows you to create attractive and realistic sticky notes to make the desktop look more colorful and beautiful.

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

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Backing up your sticky notes

Here is a short video perfectly depicting this feature:

Notezilla keeps 5 backups of your notes data in a separate backup folder. You can even change this backup folder to another location or use your own backup tool.

Restore from Notezilla’s backup folder

Follow the steps below to restore your notes from Notezilla’s backup folder:

1. Open both data & backup folders in Windows Explorer.
2. Exit Notezilla.
3. Inside the backup folder, you would notice different dated folders (e.g., Backup\2019-01-12). Open a dated folder that you think would contain your latest & best notes data.
4. Copy Notes8.db file (& other files) from that folder to the data folder. Replace/rename duplicate files.
5. Run Notezilla.

Restore from your own backup location

Follow the steps below:

1. Open the data folder in Windows Explorer.
2. Exit Notezilla.
3. From your backup location, copy Notes8.db file (& other files) to the data folder. Replace/rename duplicate files.
4. Run Notezilla.

Moving your sticky notes to another computer

Old Computer

On the old computer, copy all the files from the data folder to a removable drive (pen drive, external hard drive, etc.) Know where Notezilla stores its notes data.
You may also want to copy all the skin files. Skins are stored under %AppData%\Conceptworld\Notezilla\Skins folder. Just copy this address & open it in Windows Explorer. Copy all *.nsz files so that you can import them on the new computer.

New Computer

1. Download & install Notezilla on the new computer.
2. Know where Notezilla stores its notes data & open that data folder in Windows Explorer.
3. Exit Notezilla.
4. Copy Notes8.db (& other files) from your removable drive to the data folder. Replace/rename duplicate files.
5. (Optional step) Copy all skin files (*.nsz) to %AppData%\Conceptworld\Notezilla\Skins folder. Replace/rename duplicate files.
6. Run Notezilla.

Conclusion

Notezilla thus ensures that all your data is safely stored in the cloud and can be retrieved in case of any untoward incident.

Note: The contents of your notes are totally safe in the cloud, and we do not have any kind of access to them.

Notezilla thus saves a lot of your time and efforts. Notezilla also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

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Run a Copywhiz project from the command line

Apart from the normal and advanced file copy features, Copywhiz offers some special features you would really appreciate. It lets you retry or skip files on error, run Copywhiz silently in the background, show error logs, and lot more.

But you might not know that Copywhiz also lets you run a project from the command line. This post will explain more about this feature.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Command line parameters

Here are the parameters supported by Copywhiz:

/t – Run silently
/b – Run in background
/le – Show log on error

Note: To use command line parameters, you first have to save the Copywhiz project as .czml file and then run the command line.

Here is an example: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Conceptworld\Copywhiz\ Copywhiz Copy.exe” /t /b /le “E:\My Documents\Copywhiz Projects\Test.czml“

With this, you can also run multiple commands inside a cmd file as per your requirements.

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Delete specific folders from whole folder tree in Windows

This post will tell you how to delete particular folders from several folders (or folder tree) using Copywhiz for Windows.

Let us look at how this is possible using Copywhiz, a smart file copy program for Windows.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

An image depicting one of the features of Copywhiz

Steps to exclude and delete specific folders

Note: Copywhiz allows you to copy/move files based on size. So here, we will move folders to another location based on their names to another temporary location. This will delete the folders from the source location. After which you can delete the temporary location. That’s all.

1. Select the source folders from which certain sub-folders need to be deleted. To select, choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced. The advanced settings dialogue box will open.

3. Include folders to be moved by typing name, as shown in the below picture. You can also preview the list of files that will be copied and those that will be skipped by clicking on the ‘Preview’ button. After confirming, press the ‘OK’ button.

4. Back in the Copywhiz main window, select the option “Paste and delete original (move)” and then click on the “Paste Now” button. All the included folders will be moved successfully. After which you can delete the destination folder because our goal was to delete the folders from the source.

Conclusion

Copywhiz thereby enhances your file copy experience in Windows. It lets you perform Selective File Copy by offering more flexibility when copying files & folders by letting you choose which type to copy & which to ignore. An additional feature is the ability to schedule automatic file backups.

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Using keyboard shortcuts to copy files faster in Copywhiz for Windows

One thing you will experience on using Copywhiz is speed. Copywhiz performs all the tasks within a few seconds, which makes it ideal for every type of work environment.

This post will tell you how to copy files even faster using keyboard shortcuts for Copywhiz.

Why shortcuts?

The normal way to copy files is:
Right-click -> go to Copywhiz -> find the copy option and click copy.

This is fine for a few files and folders. But when you have a lot of files to copy, this will consume a lot of your time and effort. This is where using keyboard shortcuts of Copywhiz is a smart move.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Default Shortcut keys

Copywhiz has shortcut keys to copy files, paste files and run Copywhiz.
To copy files, the shortcut key is: Ctrl+Shift+C
To paste files, the shortcut key is: Ctrl+Shift+V
To run the Copywhiz program, the shortcut key is: Ctrl+Shift+R

Changing the default Shortcut keys

You can configure your shortcut keys from the “Keyboard Tab” under the Copywhiz ‘Preferences’. To access this ‘Preferences Menu,’ launch Copywhiz program and click on File -> Preferences menu.
Add your own shortcut keys for your convenience or to even ensure that they do not clash with shortcuts of any other program/app you use.

Note: After you change the shortcut keys, make sure you close and open File Explorer again for the changes to be saved.

Conclusion

Copywhiz thus is helpful to copy large set of files within a few moments. This is very useful when you are working on projects having hundreds of files. It thus takes care of your minutest need to increase work productivity. And what more? You can also schedule automatic file backups and take incremental backups using Copywhiz.

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Lock your sticky notes with a password using a Windows sticky note alternative software

Sticky notes are right on your desktop. For this reason, sometimes it is essential to password protect and lock sticky notes.

You will agree that this is a really important feature since we often write sensitive content like our passwords in our sticky notes.

While this feature is not yet available in Windows sticky notes, this article will tell you about an alternative software, Notezilla which lets you lock and unlock your sticky notes with a password.

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

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Lock (Password Protect) sticky notes

Here is a short video depicting this feature:

Notezilla lets you to password protect a note so that it cannot be read or edited. Also, the note is encrypted so that it cannot be read from the database too.

A single master password is used to lock/unlock any note. If you are locking a note for the first time after installing Notezilla, you will be requested to set the master password. You can change this master password using Preferences.

Conclusion

Notezilla thus takes care of your every need in detail.

It also has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

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Selective file copy in Windows using Copywhiz

Copywhiz offers more flexibility when copying files by letting you choose which type of files to copy & which to ignore. This Selective file copying is not available in many software.

This post will tell you the different ways in which you can do Selective file copy using filters available in Copywhiz. These options are available in the “Filter Tab” of ‘Advanced Settings.’

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Filter Tab

The filter tab lets you copy files by name or type, copy by date or size, and many other options.

Paste by name or type:

This option allows you to include or exclude certain files and folders from being copied. You can include or exclude files and folders by typing their name or extension like ‘.PDF.’ This is helpful when you have a large list of files to copy and can’t find the one or two files to exclude from this long list.

Here is a short video giving insight into this feature:

Paste by date:

Paste only new or modified files

This is one of the most used features of Copywhiz, which proves very handy when taking regular file backups. Copy only files that have been changed since the last copy or only the files that were newly created. Saves lots of time and system space.

Paste files by their date

You can configure Copywhiz to copy files created, modified or accessed after, on or before a particular date and period of time. You are in control of your file copy.

Paste by size:

Filter files to be copied based on their size. Copy files smaller, larger, or equal to the size limit you specify.

Other filter options:

Paste all files to a single folder

All the files will be copied to a single folder without creating sub-folders as in the source folders.

Create folder structure only

Create a folder structure only and not copy the files.

Do not keep empty folders

Skip empty folders from being copied. Useful to save space in the system and file copy time.

Create full folder hierarchy

Conclusion

Copywhiz thus is helpful to copy large set of files within a few moments. And what more? You can also schedule automatic file backups and take incremental backups using Copywhiz.

Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

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Windows sticky note alternative: Digital sticky notes that actually stick!

When you think of a sticky note, the first thing you would obviously expect is for it to stick. Well, that’s why it’s called a sticky note.
But what about digital sticky notes? How would I stick them anywhere? You would be surprised that you can literally stick/attach digital sticky notes to websites, documents, apps, folders, and emails in your Windows PC and mobile devices.

This feature is rarely available in any sticky note software, including the much-acclaimed Windows sticky notes, which has advanced with exciting updates. We therefore bring to you an alternative software, Notezilla that lets you stick notes anywhere and everywhere!

What is Notezilla?

It works smoothly on both phones & tablets.

Here are some features of Notezilla:

Sticky notes with reminders
Attach sticky notes to websites, documents & folders
Pin sticky notes on top of other apps
Sync sticky notes between Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad
Add pictures inside sticky notes
Organize sticky notes inside memoboards (folders)
Checklist sticky notes
Lock sticky notes (password protect)
Markdown support
Send notes over local network or across the globe
Tag sticky notes
Dark mode support

A visual showing one of the features of Notezilla.

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Sticking notes using Notezilla

Here is a short video perfectly depicting this feature:

Notezilla lets you to associate a sticky note with any document, website, program or a window (such as an email window, or Windows Explorer).

Sticking a Note

To stick a note to any window, right-click on the sticky note title and choose ‘Stick To Window’ 0icon from the menu. A faster way to do this is to use the shortcut key Ctrl+W. You will be shown the list of windows that are currently open. These windows include websites, documents, and programs currently open. Just select a window from the list and choose the OK button to stick the note.

Tip: You can directly stick a note to the underlying window by pressing Ctrl+Shift+W keys from the note.

Sticking notes to websites and web pages

We frequently visit certain websites like shopping websites, bank websites, etc. to access information or any other purpose. But have you ever imagined that you could pin sticky notes to the website? You can do that with Notezilla sticky notes. The sticky note will immediately pop up when you access that particular website. This can save you a lot of effort and valuable time.

For step by step guide on how to do this, you can read the following blog post on the same:

Attaching sticky notes to websites and webpages in Windows

Attaching sticky notes to Microsoft Word, Excel and other types of documents

You can attach sticky notes to any type of document in a similar manner in Windows. The note will pop up when you open the document. This will help you accomplish tasks faster.

You can read the below blog post for more information:

Attaching sticky notes to Microsoft Word Document and PDFs in Windows using Notezilla

Sticking notes to folders

The process of sticking notes to a folder is the same as sticking notes to any other website or document using Notezilla. However, to make it work correctly, there is a setting in Windows Explorer that needs to be enabled.

Notezilla sticks sticky notes to different web pages, documents, folders & emails based on the title of the window. In the case of Windows Explorer, by default, the title of the window is the folder name. So here comes the problem. If you have multiple folders with the same name, then the sticky note would show up on all those folders because of the same window title. This is not what we want.

To solve this, we have to enable a setting in Windows Explorer – “Display the full path in title bar.” On Windows 7 and above, you would also see a note “Classic theme only” against this setting. It only means that the full path will be shown only in the Classic Windows theme. Other themes will use the full path internally (which is what Notezilla requires).

Sticking notes to emails

This is another beneficial feature. You can attach sticky notes to emails that can help you stay updated and always ahead. Note that the note is only stuck there, and it is not associated with the mail. Meaning, it will not be sent along with mail or deleted along with the mail.

Shortcut

Here’s your reward for reading till here: A shortcut to making life easier!

Notezilla uses the title of the window to show or hide a particular sticky note. Sometimes, you may want to stick the note to windows of a similar kind. Ex: All pages of Amazon website, or all documents in Microsoft Word. In such cases, you would need to use the ‘wildcard’ method.

To match only a part of the window title, double click on any window title that is listed (shown in the above picture) and prefix or suffix the title with the * wildcard.

Examples:
1. *Google Search* (shows the note for any search query in Google and in any browser)
2. *Microsoft Outlook (shows the note even if you change folders in Outlook)

Now, this is what you call beauty with brains!

Notezilla thus saves a lot of your time and efforts and makes your sticky note experience joyful.

And here is another attractive feature. Notezilla has free apps for iPhone, iPad & Android to let you access your sticky notes anytime and anywhere! Install it on your phone from App Store or Google Play Store & sync all your sticky notes with the Windows version of Notezilla.

Learn more about Notezilla. Download the free trial from here.

For more tutorial videos, check out this page.

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Check out our other cool products.

Have a good day!

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New Update – Copywhiz 5.0.9 for Windows

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of Copywhiz.

Introducing to you, Copywhiz 5.0.9!

Read the revision history here.

This post will explain in detail all the additions and changes in the new update.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

What’s New?

Changed look of Copywhiz: The overall look of Copywhiz has changed for better readability and looks more professional. Now the program windows do not wear any special skin and only use the default Windows OS skin.

‘Paste As’ feature: This is a beneficial feature we have added to save time and efforts on replacing and renaming files copied.
Generally, to replace an existing file with another file, we have to go through a lot of steps. These consume a lot of our time.

With the latest Copywhiz, say, you want to copy file ‘A’ as ‘B.’ You have to select file ‘A’ into Copywhiz and then right-click on file ‘B’ so that you can copy ‘A’ as ‘B.’ The file name stays the same, but the file is replaced if you open and check it.

So simple! You can paste any file as any other file. Very helpful to designers and programmers.

This option is available under the ‘Paste Special’ menu. To access this menu, go to the destination folder, right-click inside the folder and choose Copywhiz -> Paste Special.

Log Content: In the earlier version, there was option to only log errors in file copy. In the latest version, you can also log names of files copied, skipped, and renamed. The users thus get an idea of which files were copied, skipped, and renamed and which weren’t. The log file is saved as a “.html” file, which can be easily read. You can choose this option from the “General Tab” of Copywhiz’s Advanced Settings.

Sound on successful file copy: When a file copy task is completed successfully, a sound will be played indicating the success. This is a useful feature when you are copying files silently or in the background. You can continue with your work once you set files for copy and come back to check the success of copy on hearing the sound.
Change in text size on change in display resolution: When the screen display resolution changes, the text size in Copywhiz changes automatically. So now on Hi-Dpi display resolution, the text size in Copywhiz is larger for better readability.

You can check out the latest update by downloading and installing it from here.

Also, this new update is free for all our existing customers.

We hope this update of Copywhiz increases your productivity and enhances your file copy experience. Feedback and suggestions invited.

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Permanently delete empty folders from folder structure in Windows

This post will show you how to remove empty folders from your folder structure altogether when copying files in Windows.

Why delete empty folders?

Making a folder tree smaller by removing empty folders is always good. You can access your files faster. You remove the unnecessary clutter.

Let us look at how this is possible using Copywhiz, a smart file copy program for Windows.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Steps to delete empty folders

1. Right-click on the folder from which files need to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on it and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced. The advanced settings dialogue box will open.

3. Select the option “Do not keep empty folders” and click ‘OK.’ You can also preview your files and folders before actually copying them.

4. Back in the Copywhiz main window, select the option “Paste and delete original (move)” and then click on the “Paste Now” button.

Conclusion

The folders would have been deleted even before you go to the destination and check. This is the high speed assured by Copywhiz. It also saves your time and effort when you have a large number of files and folders.

For tutorial videos, check out this page.

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Learn more about Copywhiz. Download the free trial from here.

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Delete files based on size from whole folder tree in Windows using Copywhiz

This post will explain how to delete files based on their size from several folders (and sub-folders) in Windows.

Why filter files?

You might want to copy only files larger or smaller than a particular size. Filtering them in Windows is tedious and time-consuming. Instead of copying all the files and later deleting the ones not required (both in destination and source folder), you can skip copying them altogether. Also, the files you copied will be deleted immediately from the source, thereby eliminating duplicate files.

Let us look at how this is possible using Copywhiz, a smart file copy program for Windows.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it lets you to have more flexibility & more control over the file copying and backup process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Copy only new or modified files
Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders
Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata
Copy files to multiple folders/computers
Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once
Sync files between source and destination
Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file
Schedule file backups
Several more hidden nuggets designed to make your file-copy task easier.

Steps to copy and delete files based on size

Note: Copywhiz allows you to copy/move files based on size. So here, we will move files based on size to another temporary location. This will delete the files based on the size from the source location. After which you can delete the temporary location. That’s all.

1. Right-click on the folder from which files need to be copied and choose Copywhiz–>Copy from the menu as shown below:

2. Go to the destination folder, right-click on it and select Copywhiz–>Paste Advanced. The advanced settings dialogue box will open.

3. Include files/folders to be moved (deleted) by specifying the file size. You can also preview the list of files that will be copied and those that will be skipped by clicking on the ‘Preview’ button. After confirming, press the ‘OK’ button.

4. Back in the Copywhiz main window, select the option “Paste and delete original (move)” and then click on the “Paste Now” button. All the required files will be moved successfully to the destination folder. Now you can delete the destination folder because your goal was to delete from the source folder.

Conclusion

Copy, filter, paste, and delete, all at once. This is how Copywhiz saves your time and efforts to increase productivity in just a few clicks. No need for the Windows File Explorer. Achieve all tasks directly from Copywhiz.