The advantage with Sticky Notes is that it autosaves – but then Notepad opens faster and simpler. However, for quick access, both of them should be either on the Desktop or the Taskbar.

Right-click the Sticky Notes app in the Taskbar and choose the "Pin to Taskbar" option. After you complete the steps, you can start managing your notes through the desktop experience ...

If you do that, the chances of losing sticky notes are going to be lower, and recovery is going to be high. I hope the post was easy to follow, and you were able to recover accidentally deleted ...