sticky notes installed
PinnyNotes installed successfully when PinnyNotes is on the Start Menu or tray, one note pins always on top, and auto-save returns text after a restart. Use this checklist on Windows after PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi or winget.
Confirm the tray
Launch PinnyNotes. Confirm the tray icon appears. If the icon is hidden, check the overflow area. Write the install door on the machine card: winget id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes or the exact Setup MSI filename.
winget install -e --id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotesPin one note card
Create a note, type a short reminder, and use the pin control so it stays above other windows. Overlap a browser and confirm the note remains visible. That is the core sticky notes prove step.
Prove auto-save
Type a unique line, close the note or restart the app, and confirm the text returned. Only then explore colours, transparency, dark mode, and right-click tools.
Eight first-hour sticky notes steps
- Open the official release door. Confirm PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi on a non-prerelease tag or the verified winget id.
- Finish Setup. Approve UAC and complete the MSI wizard when using the installer.
- Confirm tray. Launch sticky notes and find the tray icon.
- Pin one note. Use always-on-top before changing every colour.
- Prove auto-save. Restart and confirm text.
- Set one colour. Pick a colour you can spot on a busy desk.
- Try tray bring-to-front. Bury notes under a browser, then restore from tray.
- Keep one update door. Same Releases MSI or winget upgrade next month.
Optional note tools later
Right-click tools such as Base64, Hash, JSON, Case, and DateTime are useful, but they are not the first-hour prove path. Spell checking uses Windows APIs on current releases. Keep the first hour short and documented.
If sticky notes did not install
Re-download PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi from official Releases. Avoid adware portals. Confirm x64 Windows 10/11. Try the portable zip when MSI elevation is blocked. Related: download safely, Windows install.
macOS and Linux honesty
If you expected PinnyNotes on Mac or Linux, PinnyNotes has no official binary on verified tags. Prefer Windows. Notes: macOS, Linux.
Next related pages
first run, pin always on top, for this computer, update and uninstall, home, guides.
Imaging PinnyNotes after install
Freeze lab images only after reboot with one pinned note card. Prefer one MSI tag across the lab. Keep brew NONE on cards. Editorial: editorial policy. About: about. Safety: is sticky notes safe.
Switching into sticky notes
If you arrived from Windows Sticky Notes or Stickies, paste text by hand after this checklist. Phrase-first guides: pinned notes: switch from Windows Sticky Notes, pinned notes: switch from Stickies.
Pinning tickets that get fixed faster
Vague pinning reports waste mornings. Ask for the tag name, the PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi filename, whether winget or MSI was used, and whether the pin control was tested after install. Substitutes can then recreate the desk without guesswork when pinning is the documented tool.
Internal runbooks should quote the winget id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes and the Releases URL without marketing adjectives. Staff skim under stress. A short checklist with five boxes outperforms a three-page essay that nobody finishes when pinning fails to pin.
- Record the tag and MSI filename on the machine card
- Confirm pin always-on-top with one prove note card
- Keep brew NONE on printed lab cards for pinned reminders
- Prefer one Releases door across the lab image
- Uninstall adware wrappers before blaming pin behaviour
More install detail lives on Windows install, winget, and Windows installer. First hour habits live on first run and pin always on top. Update paths live on update and uninstall.
Compare rivals without invented scores on sticky notes vs Windows pinned notes and sticky notes vs Stickies. Migration checklists stay phrase-first: pinned notes: switch from Windows Sticky Notes, pinned notes: switch from Stickies, sticky notes: switch from Simple pinned notes.
Colour and transparency after prove
After pin and auto-save work, pick one colour you can spot on a busy monitor. Transparency helps when you need to see a spreadsheet under a reminder. Dark mode follows your Windows theme on current releases. Keep those tweaks secondary to the prove path so imaging tickets stay short.
Right-click tools can wait until the second hour. Hash, JSON, Base64, and DateTime are useful for power users, yet they are not required to trust the desk after Setup. Document only the doors your team actually uses.