Sticky notes not appearing which are stuck to windows explorer using Notezilla in Windows

Question

I recently downloaded the trial version of your software,  Notezilla . First, I want to say that I really appreciate the “stick to Window” feature—it’s very useful. I am considering purchasing the software; however, I have encountered an issue with this feature.

I have been using it in Windows Explorer, where each folder I open appears in its own window with a corresponding title bar. I attached a  Notezilla  note on that window to add a brief description of the folder’s contents. This works well at first, but after some time, the notes in certain Explorer windows stop appearing. To bring them back, I have to close and reopen Windows Explorer, which disrupts my workflow.

Could you please let me know if there is a setting I might be overlooking, or if this is a known bug with the application?

Answer 1

Thanks for trying  Notezilla . And thanks for your appreciation. Happy to help.

A sticky note can disappear if the title of the Windows File Explorer window changes for any reason. Because the sticky notes are shown and hidden based on the title of any window. 

I believe, the sticky note disappears when there are multiple tabs in the Windows File Explorer.

Go to the sticky note that is associated with a folder and press Ctrl+W

In the "Stick to Window" window, double click on 

1. DOWNLOADED_JOURNALS - File Explorer

Then change it to 

1. DOWNLOADED_JOURNALS*

And save it.

I added asterisk at the end after JOURNALS

asterisk means that it will match anything that comes after the folder name 1. DOWNLOADED_JOURNALS

Because when we are in multiple tabs mode, File Explorer changes the title to:
1. DOWNLOADED_JOURNALS and 1 more tab - File Explorer

So to continue to show the sticky note we need to use the asterisk.

I would also like to give you additional information. If you have folders with the same name, then you can choose the below option in Windows File Explorer Options dialog - "Display the full path in the title bar".

This will display full path in the File Explorer window so that the sticky note appears exactly on that folder only and no other folder.