Click the Windows "Start" button and type "cmd" without quotes in the Search text box. Press "Enter" to open the Windows command prompt. Type "sqlite" without quotes to start the command line prompt.

That will release the current plum.sqlite file. Figure C Close Task Manager and open File Explorer. Navigate back to the same folder as before and paste your backup plum.sqlite file.

You convert old Sticky Notes StickyNotes.snt data file to the new Sticky Notes plum.sqlite data file so that you can use the Windows 7 legacy Sticky Notes on Windows 11/10.