KB00088 - Database already exists

Starting Stickies generates a "Database already exists" message

You might find that reinstalling Stickies means that it runs successfully, but otherwise you get the above message.

To fix the problem do the following:

• Close Stickies
• Navigate to c:\program files (x86)\stickies
• Move the following items into a temporary directory:
  • stickies.ini
  • options.ini
  • store.mdb
  • rtf (directory)
  • images (directory)
• Restart Stickies (at this point you'll see no data in the app - but don't worry, it's contained in the files above)
• Make a note of the Data directory, shown at the bottom of the About dialog
• Close Stickies
• Move the files and folders you gathered above to the Data directory, overwriting what's there (those are the empty data files)
• When you restart Stickies, you'll no longer get the error