This is the “Basic” version, which is sold by subscription for €18/year. There are also a “Free” and two “Pro” versions. You can find the differences among the four available versions on their website (under “Buy”), but the Basic version is reasonably useful, and its commercial lifetime license is generous. The primary restrictions are (1) 20,000 files, (2) 100 emails, and (3) 25 rules. These three rules together mean that anyone looking to organize a large collection of files, which is what Tabbles is presumably meant for, will find this version too limited, and corporate users will be unhappy that emails are included only as a trial. Most SOS users will be satisfied, I think. Bear in mind that, as the first reviewer mentioned, consistent and conscientious file tagging is essential to getting value out of this program, and it is hard to maintain that over time unless it is an essential part of your job. Otherwise, there are eventually so many non-tagged files that you stop using the application. I’ve gone through that, and I felt oddly free once I decided to stop trying to tag everything, and I found that I could retrieve files almost as well without all of the tagging work. The automatic tagging rules should reduce the manual effort involved, but I found I had to tag almost everything by hand, anyway.

Quickly downloaded. Installation took a bit longer than most of the programs I download and try here. Then, something I never like – had to restart my PC. OK, I know for some programs this is a must, but I always set up my computer in the AM opening programs, windows, tabs, etc. that I will use and now I have to exit, restart and do-over. ;-) In this case the program will not run without the restart.

I registered the program and discovered the license is good for only one year. That was somehow missing in the Small Print. Honestly, I have read about this program before, but never downloaded it because I just couldn’t figure out what I could do with it. As a retiree with an uncomplicated life and simple computer needs, I think I just won’t use it much. YMMV, but for me I think I will uninstall.

Thanks for the chance to have a look though.

after installation, the registration attempts result in the following:

License violation: The activation key you provided is used by another user.

The same message after each of the keys provided after download.

please help!

[@Mick]

At 90%, your system is updating, please check that, Else, please post your log file here.

1 year license?

No thanks. There are free alternatives.