i check both the shortcut and the actual file,
and both of them have the “run as administrator” unchecked.
so any ideas why it keeps opening in admin mode?
No immediate idea. But some questions: How do you normally run Notepad++? With a shortcut on the Desktop? With a shortcut on the toolbar? With the start menu? Or running notepad++.exe by double-clicking the executable? Or by double-clicking a file that is associated with Notepad++? Do they all open it in Admin mode, or just some (and which does which, obviously)
inside AppData i have only 3 folders: local, locallow, and roaming
When I say %AppData%\Notepad++, I mean that you can paste that directly into the path bar of your Explorer window, and the Windows OS will take you to that location: it knows what is meant by %AppData%, even when you don’t. We’ve got a FAQ: What is %AppData% to help you understand what that really means. If you use the variable %AppData%, it will automatically expand into the C:\users\username\AppData\Roaming or whatever path is appropriate for your computer – there are lots of ways to customize it, and it should be safer to tell a user to use %AppData%\Notepad++ rather than trying to guess that their system is set up exactly as I expect it, so it will probably resolve to C:\users\username\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++, but might not. Unfortunately, while that should be safe to use a variable that has held that meaning for decades, and while general Windows computer experience should have taught users what %AppData% actually means, not everyone does. I should have linked to the FAQ earlier.
After reading the FAQ, please try to follow the directions again, this time understanding what I (and the operating system) mean by %AppData% , to find the actual %AppData%\Notepad++\plugins\config directory, confirm that NppFTP exists as a subdirectory, and confirming the permissions that I have requested you to check.
