KK,
Sorry, that was a question, not a sentence:
"Any chance of getting a lic. key to check it out?"

Randy, you can enlarge the font on the left side via Options --> Change Default Style :)

kalmly, try requesting a new license key using the same email address and if that fails try again using a different email address provider.

Maturegeek, not much. Free version shows ads. Other than that, they're the same.

Maturegeek, FREE or unregistered PRO is Adware, while the registered PRO is not Adware, that's it as far as I can see. PRO just means you paid for it so the developer is on his way to becoming a professional programmer NOT that the PRO program is more suitable for use by Professionals that need more elaborate functions than non-professionals.

Kalei, officially, this option is no longer supported, but the tool is actually still there if you wish to play. https://www.artplussoftware.com/adapps/eng/skingen.htm. But again, this is no longer officially supported.

Ed, you can easily disable run at startup, but the icon is there until you actually restart the PC ;)

All the information you need about setting it up is given in plain English within the program itself. Just click the red "?" top right to access help.

There's a reason INI is not readable. It's not meant to be changed by people who don't understand how the program works.

Since when is unreadable INI a security trigger?

I mean, you think malware writers are hiding something within INI file?

Umm... and you trust EXE and DLL files? Can you read those?

That's plain silly...

Ed, it is built to be used only portably. It should not be installed into the system like a normal program because it must have read/write rights to its program files folder ... without that you cannot prevent it defaulting to run at startup and all the other defaults because if it finds it cannot write to its encrypted INI file it loads the defaults which make it install the autorun and other defaults like no spell checker and the default skin. Would I be right in concluding that you also tried the installer from the vendors site and did not install the one in the giveaway zip bundle? I ask because to get the problems you describe you would have to installed into program files heirachy and executed the program as a non-elevated user instead of an administrator and the giveaway build will not stay running if it cannot get write access to its encrypted INI while the standard unregistered PRO from their website will run but exhibit all the bugs you describe. It's a fail for me too...

Ed, on my computer at least (W10x64), from the menu displayed after a right click on the icon on the taskbar, if I uncheck "Run at startup" it doesn't anymore and if I click "Exit" the icon disappears.

HMarx, actually, there is a help button (red "?", top right hand page corner) where you can find this information.

HMarx, this is not correct. When you install there's a window which brings this path, but, ALSO, below it there's a tree view of your sy
stem. Just choose whichever folder you like and it will be installed there. I installed it on an external drive!

HMarx, That installing programs into an unprotected location where any non-elevated process can maliciously alter the executable with impunity is a sign of an immature self willed developer that either does not know about how to program within the rules of Microsofts security best practices and just puts the program where they can massage it into working without regard to the end users system integrity. Or knows about best practices but just does not care about computer security at all.

Scott,

Why didn't I see or think of that earlier? Help topics:

23. Installing to USB Key
24. Using Cloud (Google, Dropbox, etc.)

...seems to answer my "portable" question -- thanks!

Ok, it just took a long while for some reason...but the install window finally appeared. Then it installed just fine and activated just fine.

Went to try a diary entry but it doesn't look like you can format using lists...which is how I take notes.

Nice little program but not for me. Anyway, I'm a long time Ecco fan, but I thought the separate daily diary would be nice here.

I also use Evernote, but mostly for keeping track of web info. I find the organizational site of Evernote very very lacking, but have yet to find an alternative.

M. Aronson, How do I disable Avast?

Stephen Hanges, Click on arrow up (bottom right corner more or less) - Right click the avast icon - select Avast shields control for pop up menu.

Stephen Hanges, go to the task bar and click on the hidden icons arrow, right click on Avast icon and hover on the arrow for Avast Shields Control, a menu will pop up where you can click on how long you want to turn it off. This is on my machine which is Win7Pro. If you have another type of operating system, I don't know but should be something similar.

Nebulous, todays version is a different one than last time, check my other comment, so it's indeed possible that something changed there.

senzai6293, Maybe, but versions with that many decimals are usually minor bug fixes.

I would welcome clarification from he developer. As I said, I think this is a well designed and useful tool.

Stephen Hanges, Me too. Can't install

Stephen Hanges, In Windows 10, click on the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen, click on all apps which is the third horizontal line on the top-left corner of the screen, click on ArtPlus, click on ArtPlus EasyNoter PRO.

Stephen Hanges, I can't find app KEY " anywhere on my computer either- if u happen to find out ANY information on where it would be located could you please let me no
Thanks

RCory, found the answer-

RCory, if you meant to put a link, it's missing.

poppett, Installed easily on Windows 10. Try again

Woody, March 2016 was version 4.5.8.804, todays version is 4.5.9.820. Hope this helps. ;)

senzai6293, and the installer downloadable from their website is 4.5.9.816 digitally signed 16 September 2018 19.23 so since this giveaway is a more recent build than the official download I guess it would be sensible to deduce that this giveaway is an unannonced public alpha/beta or release candidate test of the latest bug fixes.

I found the free covers, thanks!

Andy, to show others where exactly: Right-click the cover, select "Change Skin" - "Open Design Browser", then in the "Design" tab, change the dropdown behind the "Import Skin" button to "Download", click on the "Import Skin" button. Download the ones you like and then select it from the list, finally just click "OK" to apply it.

senzai6293, It keeps saying unable to create file. Any guesses to what I'm doing wrong?

Diana, chances are you correctly chose to install this into a C:\program files\Art Plus\EasyNoter PRO 4.5 type path instead of the insecure suggested location the developer chose because they did not know any better than to put all files into the programs installation folder that should only contain read only executable files and never have any runtime written files within that same folder...

The solution is for the devloper to re-write their program properly and use the ProgramData and users %AppData% folders for data files OR as a temporary workaround run the program as an adminstrator so it can write the skin files to the programs installation folder.

TK, Thank you!

Andy, what do you mean?

Scott, I meant is this license valid for 1 year only or for how long?

Oh, no. It's permanent.

You must install and activate it during this campaign and the program will work indefinitely.

You will not be able to reinstall it later, though. Activations will not be possible once the campaign is finished.

Scott, noted and thanks