KB00035 - How to display a sticky as Windows shuts down

The Problem

Stickies user Ed Grossheim wanted to attach a sticky to the window which appears when you shut down your computer to remind him to do a few things.

Trouble is, you can't attach stickies to this window. It runs very seperately to other normal windows, and once it's on-screen, most normal functions are suspended.

The Solution

Ed created a folder on his desktop with a unique name. Then, he attached a sticky to that folder, and put his reminders onto that sticky.

The computer is then shut down with a vbs file, rather than using the menus. The vbs file opens the folder in Windows Explorer, the sticky appears, and when you're done, click OK to shut down the machine.

Files

Download Ed's VBS script and PDF instructions here