soft user, thanks a lot for your kind words! Greatly appreciated!

I completely agree about Cinta being a lot more attractive because it's not dependent on some cloud server that might disappear one day - and I don't always want to trust unknown third parties (or potential hackers) with my private info. I appreciate the company rep answering questions here and I love that the SQL data format doesn't lock me into some specific software.

I installed the download just in time and it works well so far - I would just request for the future that the main window colors have more contrast for readability. Thanks, Cinta (Alex) & GOTD!

stan, disactivate your antivirus both during download of the files and installation.

I hope it helps.

Did you download the portable version or the full-install one? If the former, might explain why it doesn't seem to be installed anywhere...
From other comments, it sounds like the normal installers from the homepage should also work. Have you tried downloading from there instead?

stan, probably you've downloaded a portable version which doesn't require any installation and can be run after being unzipped. We also have an installed version which can be downloaded from http://cintanotes.com/download. Hope this helps!

Kлип, Because this software, like others like it and as opposed to Notepad, etc., let's you organize your info.-- it makes miles of difference. Try it and you'll see.

Since my second comment was deleted by mistake, I'm sure, here goes my final review: Not useful as a Onenote replacement. To add a pic you have to: Download pic, make note, insert pic, double click on note, double click on attachment! see pic!! Can you say unproductive?
Uninstalled

OneNoteHater, You still have your program and notes, but just no further updates to it. Pretty much a norm with freeware offers like this.

OneNoteHater, yes, you can merge notes by selecting them in the list and using the "Merge" command in the context menu (or pressing Ctrl+M)

OneNoteHater, we value negative feedback even more than positive one. Could you please forward your feedback to support@cintanotes.com, maybe some of the problems can be resolved? Thanks!

Joe M.,

Maybe your firewall is blocking the internet connection?
I would definitely look at it.
Or, it could be your antivirus, and if so, temporary disable it to allow the installation.

Consuella, thank you! It didn't even occur to me to think
of the firewall / AV being the issue. I have a lousy internet
connection and sometimes I think that can be the culprit.
But what you said made a great deal of sense to me. Often
times, you're right, the AV (or even the firewall) interferes
with downloads. Next time I will bear that in mind. That's a
good heads up to remember. Thanks so much for the tip!

BTW, Here's an update to my situation. I didn't get
CintaNotes the conventional way per se. I wound up
going to the CintaNotes Web site, downloading the
free version from there, then I submitted my name and email
ad and had them send me the promo license to
my inbox. After that, it was a snap, I registered
the license info CN sent and voila! She's up and
running! I'm putting CN through the paces right
now. And as usual, it's a keeper! Love how
they keep adding new features. The older
version I had didn't have password
protection. It's reassuring to know that I now
have the capability to keep certain things private
within the app itself.

I look forward to what's next for CintaNotes.
It has been and can be quite a time saver.

Anyway, thanks again Consuella. I greatly
appreciate your response and that insightful
comment you presented me with as well.

Thanks,
Joe

Joe M., do you use a proxy server to connect to internet? Also consuella is correct to suggest checking firewall and AV software.

Joe M., Glad to hear that the problem is resolved for you. Just for further reference, if you use a proxy server you need to tell CN about it using the Options/System/Proxy Settings menu.

Alex Jenter
Ah OK, will do. Thanks for tipping me off to a possible
problem. Greatly appreciated.

Be well...

Joe

momo, The Pro version in a no-brainer for me ! :)

momo, I too have PNotes (PN) as well as Cinta Notes (CN),
They both can be very effective note-taking tools.

With CN, you can use a keyboard shortcut (Hot Keys: "Ctrl+F12"
by default) and it will automatically insert the text you select into
the note when those two keys are pressed. However,
with PN, I don't believe you can do that. You actually
have to type it in or copy and paste it.

Conversely though, with PN you can set reminders that
will be triggered by the time you set, reminding you
of anything you would like to be reminded of. With CN,
unless I'm mistaken, does not have the reminder feature
that PN has. So, they both have productivity type features
that could be put to good use.

Personally, I have them both and alternate between them,
depending on my particular need at the given time.

Hope this helps.

Joe

Joe M., Thank you for reminding me of that, Ctrl + F12 a useful hotkey which went over my head. Maybe its the first time i am using it. Therefore i am not too familiar with Cinta notes.
But that hotkey was the very thing i was looking for in a note taking application. Thank you for your review. PNote is fine as well, i will settle with both of them.
Thank you GAOTD for todays offer.

Momo, glad to be of assistance. And I thank you as well
for pointing out PNotes now has an upgrade to their product,
with even more features than their original software. I was not
aware of this until you posted it today. I will definitely look into
possibly downloading the latest PNotes, as I'm very big on
programs which are feature rich.

In any case, I don't think you can go wrong with both
of these apps. They both can serve similar purposes.
But they can also serve two separate, very distinct purposes
and do them quite well to boot.

One more thing, in regard to CintaNotes, that Hot Key can
always be customized to your liking. It doesn't have to
be Ctrl+F12. It can be whatever is more convenient to you.

Have a good evening and thank you!
Joe

mikik, probably CN was still running while you edited the settings file. It is recommended to change the language via Options/Language menu.

Hi Alex Jenter,
:-)))). If we could, so I'm asking. :-). This option does not offer me Portable version. Can I send printscreen ....

mikik, probably the problem is with GAOTD installer, not the program itself.
could you please try downloading the program from http://cintanotes.com/download?

If the problem persists, please drop me a line to support at cintanotes.com. Thanks!

Hi Alex Jenter,
I have a desktop version for PC and portable version on a USB flash drive. You can use the desktop version of cintanotes.settings to Portable? That would be the simplest solution. Data is minimum - is not important.

Hi Alex Jenter,
An error is detected. After downloading I used Decompress Total Commander. And he did not create subdirectories :-(. Everything was in one directory.
THX YOUR HELP

mikik, I wouldn't recommend that. Some paths stored in the settings file could be wrong for the portable version. It's better to try deleting settings file altogether.

Kestrel, thanks for your review! Please note that CN can sync with Simplenote, saving notes to the cloud as well.
Moreover, you can choose which sections to sync.

Kestrel,

I use dropbox and cubby to save to the cloud. Just point those programs to include the CN save folder. I find this a lot better than using a programs built in cloud thing. With dropbox and cubby I have complete control over the files that are on there.

I don't like onenote. CN can export to txt, html and xml. All plaintext, human readable, non proprietary formats. I don't like my data locked to microsoft proprietary formats.

Lim, I haven't used Dropbox myself, although I have received files that way. Sounds interesting so I'm going to have a look. Thank you for the advice.

Nigel, the download contains instructions in English, open your eyes! ;)

Hasenkoetter,

I agree the included instructions are in English.But it's OBVIOUS you didn't try and install the portable version.... I read well, BUT NOT Russian, or whatever language it was that the installation file appeared in......... Maybe you should go through the motions before commenting.

TK, CN used to include a local help file. But after we added a large number of screenshots and images to help, the size of it grew so much that it took 2x times the size of the program itself. People started to complain about the size. This is why we decided to leave online help only. Who needs local help can save it to MHT or PDF with a couple of mouse clicks.

Nigel, our portable version doesn't have an installer.
Probably this is an issue with the GAOTD wrapper.
Please try downloading CN from cintanotes.com directly.

Nigel, looks like the WinZip self-extractor is showing everything as either Cyrillic or as "????" on my system. Since I haven't memorized the buttons in English, I am unable to install.

TK, Hello,
the problem with the portable version was detected and corrected!

Please re-download the archive!

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Alex Jenter,

No worries, I tried clicking each box until it installed, then transferred the file from my desktop to laptop. But thanks for the suggestion.

Hi Mikik, license is for 1 user, valid for both portable and desktop, for any number of devices.

Alex Jenter,
THX

mikik,
user-friendly note taking application. CintaNotes Portable lets you quickly save and tag any useful information that you come across or just need to jot down ..., the program can be placed on the use of flash drive or Dropbox or SugarSync settings to achieve multi-computer Synchronize.

here ... to ... cintanotes.com/download/#7720
Download Portable. and visit:
http://cintanotes.com/pro/promo_2016_gaotd.php
Please note that with this license you'll have free updates only till July 25, 2016. Also this license doesn't include technical support.

*backup:「cintanotes.settings」「cintanotes.db」license.key