ShixxNOTE Sticky Notes & LAN Messenger for Windows

What's new in Version 7.net Build 188 released in August 2026

• Changing a note theme no longer strips the formatting out of the note. Picking a different theme used to reset the whole text to one font, one size and one color and remove bold, italic and underline everywhere. A theme now changes only what a theme is about: the note background, the title bar colors and the border. Everything already written keeps its font, its size, its color and its emphasis. One thing to keep in mind: a note written in a light color may need that color changed by hand after switching to a light theme, and the other way round.
• The program no longer freezes while a note fades away. Deleting or hiding a note fades it out over about a second and a half, and for the whole of that time nothing else in the program answered, not even the tray menu. The fade now runs in the background, so everything else carries on working while a note disappears, and deleting several expired notes at once no longer holds the program up for a second and a half per note.
• The trial version now shows how many days are left before it expires. The count appears both in the About dialog and in the tooltip that shows when the mouse rests on the ShixxNOTE tray icon, and both say plainly when the trial is down to its last day or has already run out. The About dialog also names the build number, which makes it easy to tell exactly which version is installed.
• The network scan that finds other computers on program start is now more reliable. It no longer hangs on the "Reading network" dialog (which used to also stop your notes from showing), it waits a little longer for slower computers to answer so the recipient list is more complete, and it always finishes on its own.
• ShixxNOTE now finds computers on networks that do not use 192.168 addresses. Office and larger networks that use 10.x or 172.16 to 172.31 addresses were previously left out of the Send note to other list. The program now picks the network adapter you are really connected through, so a VPN or a virtual machine adapter is no longer scanned by mistake.
• Fixed the Gmail app password link on the Email account dialog. The link under "Gmail requires an app password" could stay empty or disappear when you switched the email transport. It now always shows and opens the app password page in your browser.
• Fixed duplicate notes slowly building up in the settings file. A note could be saved under a wrong number and copied over and over. Notes now get their number before they are shown, and the clean-up removes any duplicates that were already stored.
• You can now send and receive email notes without Outlook. A new Email account... button in Network settings lets you enter your address, password and mail servers directly, so ShixxNOTE works with Gmail and with the new Outlook that no longer supports the old mail interface. Gmail requires an app password. The classic Outlook way still works and stays the default.
• Email notes are now read only from the date of the last check onwards, so older notes left in your mailbox are never shown to you twice.
• ShixxNOTE now follows the visual style of the Windows version it runs on. Buttons, radio buttons, check boxes, combo boxes, lists, tabs and the progress bar are drawn the modern way instead of the old Windows 95 look.
• All dialogs were redesigned. They use the modern Segoe UI font instead of the old Tahoma and MS Sans Serif, frames and sunken edges around buttons are gone, and the buttons are evenly spaced and aligned with the controls above them.
• The buttons now carry icons from the Fluent UI System Icons set that Microsoft also uses in Windows 11 and in Office, so ShixxNOTE looks at home on a current Windows desktop.
• When a note is sent to a computer that does not have ShixxNOTE running, the program falls back to Windows messaging. It used to report the note as delivered even when it was not. It now checks the real result and, if the note did not get through, explains what has to be allowed on the receiving computer.
• The window shown while the program starts, checks email and cleans its data file now uses a plain progress bar instead of the animated video, and the video file is no longer part of the program.
• Two settings that no longer did anything were removed from Network settings: the refresh interval for the network neighborhood and the check interval for new email notes.

What's new in Version 7.net Build 152 released in May 2026

• Modern color palette for initial default note Themes ↗. Fresh and visually appealing colors are now used as the default theme set when the program is first installed.
• New Close and Minimize Buttons (without BMP images) with a smooth hover effect. Buttons are now rendered without bitmap images, resulting in a cleaner look and better visual feedback on mouse hover.
• Note now supports clickable URL and email links. URLs and email addresses are detected in real-time as you type.
• Fixed ampersand character (&) not displaying correctly in the note title bar.

What's new in Version 7.net Build 147 released in March 2024

• I'm pleased to announce that the ShixxNOTE home page is now secured with an SSL certificate. This means all data transferred between the web server and browser remains private and integral. This is an important step in ensuring the security and privacy of users. Enjoy a safer browsing experience!
• On the program start new process is started which is scanning your LAN (network neighborhood). This new scanning program finds all devices in your LAN but it will save only computer names and IP addresses assigned, either automatically by DHCP, or by manual configuration. When you click on the note menu item Send note to other, dialog will appear, where you will see in the Network Neighborhood list, all computers found in your LAN. It doesn't mean that every computer has ShixxNOTE 7.net installed on it.
• On the program start Reading network neighborhood dialog doesn't freeze other windows and now you can see a small video icon on how the program is scanning your network neighborhood.
• New refreshing images are added to the main program settings dialog. General settings, Default note settings, and Network settings now are redesigned. It looks cool now especially Network settings where there are plenty of options that you can change.
• There is no more splash image on program startup and also no more option in the General settings dialog to remove it.
• No more licence-type version. You can now install a program version on all computers in your network neighborhood. You can install ShixxNOTE 7.net registered version in your home or office LAN.

What's new in Version 6.net Build 140 released in May 2018

• When sending note to client which doesn't have ShixxNOTE program installed, program server side will use MSG command to send the message over local network. This feature works only when ShixxNOTE program is running on Windows 7, Windows 10, or Windows 11. Example would be equivalent of writing this command in Command Prompt window:

  MSG * /server:TEST-LAPTOP "Hello user !!!"

  Where character * in command is wildcard for all users on recipient computer named TEST-PC. So the result of the command above would be Window popup dialog on the client computer named TEST-PC located in your network neighborhood.
• When program is once installed it will start itself on every Windows startup.
• On first program start default blank blue theme note is created in the top left corner of your desktop screen. ShixxNOTE tray icon will be first time hidden so if you want to see main program menu including "Settings" dialog you will need to right mouse click on ShixxNOTE icon located near the clock (but hidden because it was never used before).

What's new in Version 6.net released in May 2015

• Sending note via email is now modified and is now working on Microsoft Office Outlook, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express. When sending note via email Subject of the email is "ShixxNOTE : Note from COMPUTER" and after that string now is added username and computer name of a sender. This was done because there were some troubles with username and company name (in previous version) after you have received email note.
• Now you can find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ↗ on the ShixxNOTE program blog ↗ where you can read articles about user experience. Also there are plenty of articles which can help you if you have problems with program
• Many new features, improvements and some bug fixes are added in a program. For example smooth transparency effect when deleting or hiding note, auto detect for web URL's and e-mail addresses, etc.
• Program works on a Microsoft Windows 7 ↗ operating system as well as on the latest Microsoft Windows 10 ↗ operating system (program doesn't require any runtime or framework).
• Critical security bug fixed ↗ which could cause buffer-overflow.
• Important bug fixed. All received notes will be visible after computer or program restart. Problem with disappearance of received notes is now fixed.
• Program now has Windows XP look and feel, also many new effects are added (close and hide note smoothly transparency effect).
• When you send note to recipient(s) expiration and alarm info are transferred also with note. In version 5.net this was not possible.
• New field in "Sent from:" (Send to dialog) or in "Default sent from:" (Setting Network dialog) combo box control is added - "Name:". If user sender write his name in edit combo box, that name and sent time will appear in recipient(s) note title.
• Password must be entered twice when you check option in General Settings dialog "Lock 'Show all notes' main menu item with password".
• In Expire and Alarm dialogs date format is set to short date. Till now it was long date format and some users experienced problems because long date was to big to fit in date field. So now it is short date format and it will fit for all users and countries.
• Few minor and major bugs are fixed.

What's new in Version 5.net released in August 2010

• "Export note(s) ↗" and "Import note(s) ↗"" items are added in main program menu (right mouse click on tray icon). You can export all notes into file with "*.shx" extension. Later you can import notes from saved "*.shx" file
• Some users experience problem with note Scroll Bar which appears on note after program is started, but before last Shutdown note didn't have it. Some old notes are incorrectly restored with Scroll Bar. Problem which occurs only on Windows 2000/XP is now fixed.
• New cool controls are added in program so now all dialogs have new look.
• "Show Splash Screen on Startup" and "Play Sound when note is received" items are added in General Settings dialog.
• "Save theme as ..." note menu item is added. So now you can save 20 custom themes. When you save your own theme, theme name will appear in note menu as a new item.
• You can save up to 20 group names which will appear in "Send To" note menu as menu items.
• "Import note" and "Export note" items are added in note menu. You can export one or many notes into *.shx file. Later you can import note from *.shx file.
• In Default Note Settings dialog new option is added. "Default note size" - "Width" and "Height", so now you can set default size for new notes. Size is in pixels and it must be smaller than screen resolution size.
• In note menu, section Themes new item and function is added "Organize Themes". In Organize themes dialog you can rename saved themes, you can delete it and also you can sort it in which order they will be visible in note menu.
• Problem with "Show all notes" option in main program menu is fixed.