sticky notes winget install

Run the sticky notes winget command

winget install -e --id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes

Why this id for pinned reminders

microsoft/winget-pkgs carries PackageIdentifier 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes with installer URLs pointing at GitHub Releases assets. That keeps pinned notes fleet installs aligned with PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi.

When to prefer the MSI instead

Air-gapped labs and blocked App Installer desks should cache PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi from releases. Download safely notes: download safely. Full Windows guide: install on Windows.

Prove PinnyNotes after winget

Open PinnyNotes, create a note card, pin it, and confirm auto-save. Write the id on the machine card. Home: sticky notes. Installed checklist: installed.

Upgrade and uninstall

Upgrade with winget upgrade. Uninstall with winget uninstall using the same id. Longer notes: update and uninstall. How to get winget: how to install winget.

Honesty about brew

There is no Homebrew pinned notes cask for PinnyNotes. Keep brew NONE on cards. macOS note: macOS. Linux note: Linux.

Lab sticky notes imaging

Prefer winget when App Installer is in the image. Prefer cached MSI when offline. Editorial: editorial policy. About: about. Guides: guides. GitHub: GitHub. Safety: is pinned notes safe.

Desk workflow that survives a reimage

Write the install door on the machine card before you change colours. Reminder work fails when a substitute invents a second Downloads mirror during SmartScreen friction. Prefer returning to GitHub Releases for PinnyNotes-Setup-*-x64.msi or the verified winget id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes every time.

Shared apartments and classroom desks should document which Windows user owns the tray session. Two people sharing one profile will collide on pin defaults and note colours. Separate OS accounts keep maps honest and make uninstall tickets shorter.

Travel laptops benefit from a single documented installer door written beside the notes folder. Lab images drift when someone installs a Softonic-style wrapper that only ranked for reminder-pad searches. Prefer the named Setup MSI filename on the ticket.

PinnyNotes features worth proving early

Prove pin always-on-top first. Then prove auto-save by typing a line, restarting the app, and confirming the text returned. Only after those two prove steps should you explore colours, transparency, dark mode, and right-click tools such as Base64, Hash, JSON, Case, and DateTime.

Spell checking on current releases uses Windows APIs, which improves performance versus older approaches. Tray bring-to-front helps when note windows are buried under browsers. Block minimizing helps when Show Desktop would otherwise hide reminders you still need.

Honesty about rivals

Windows Sticky Notes remains the right choice when Microsoft account sync is the job. Stickies remains a long-running freeware option with its own habits. Simple pinned notes and Notezilla serve other feature sets, including paid tiers on some rivals. This guide does not invent scores; it maps stranger-safe PinnyNotes install doors.

Cutover from any rival means paste text by hand. There is no documented importer in the PinnyNotes README for rival databases. Plan a quiet half hour. Keep a text backup if your team requires rollback.

Package honesty for fleets

winget id 63BeetleSmurf.PinnyNotes is YAML-verified in microsoft/winget-pkgs against the same MSI and portable zip URLs on GitHub Releases. Homebrew has no PinnyNotes cask. Linux binaries are not published on verified tags, and upstream README states Linux is not planned for this client.

Write brew NONE on printed cards. Write Windows-only on the standard. That prevents weekend chat storms when a volunteer hunts for a package that does not exist.

Security posture without invented audits

Prefer official GitHub Releases assets and the verified winget id. Skip claiming third-party audits the README does not publish. Licence is GPL-2.0. Security contact surface is the GitHub security page for 63BeetleSmurf/PinnyNotes. Note text lives locally on the Windows PC you manage after install.

Links that keep work on one host

Pillar: home. Releases: releases. GitHub: GitHub. Download safely: download safely. For this computer: for this computer. Installed: installed. Guides: guides. About: about. Editorial: editorial policy. Safety: is it safe.

Closing checklist

Confirm the tag, the MSI filename, the winget id if used, one pinned note, and auto-save after reboot. That five-box checklist outperforms a three-page essay nobody finishes under stress.