Sticky notes are cool.  I love taking a quick, digital note with the assurance that it will both be saved and save the environment; albeit one leaf at a time.  No need to litter the cubicle with 3×3 pieces of paper, right?

So Microsoft lifted a decent idea from MAC with the sticky notes as a widget in Windows Vista.  It’s even better in Windows 7. BUT!…There’s always a big “BUT”.  Let’s talk about Windows 7′s big “BUT”.

You know that little “x” at the top right of all of your windows applications since, oh I don’t know, Windows 3.1?  Closes the application, right?  WRONG!  Apparently, Microsoft decided to make it DELETE YOUR NOTE in Windows 7.  If I was a swearing man, now would be the time.

In Microsoft’s defense, you’ll be warned with a dialog like so:

If you’re like me, you checked the checkbox long ago and forgot all about it.  If you want to bring the warning back, you can do so by modifying your registry.  Set the \HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\StickyNotes\PROMPT_ON_DELETE DWORD to “1″.

Microsoft trained me for years to press Ctrl+S to save and then click the “x” to close the application.  My sticky note was a victim of Pavlov’s theory.

A month or so ago, I blogged about multiple remote sessions on Windows Vista SP2.  Since then, I’ve started playing with Windows 7 from my company’s MSDN subscription.  Very cool.  I’ll save some of my favorite features  for another post.

@Choreboy responded to my blog post and mentioned a universal solution that he found here.  I downloaded, scanned with Avast (no viruses), installed & rescanned (still clean).  It worked great!  It claims to work on Vista & XP as well, but I haven’t tested it.

Download Universal Patch here

Run program & you’re done.  Happy RDP-ing.