take that file to excel
separate line at “:” so that variable name and value come in two columns
then sort that in excel so that all same variable name come together.

then do your thing.
combing two column to get a single line (reverse of what you did above)
bring file back to npp.

If you want original order, after taking the file to excel you can put a 3rd column and fill it will 1,2,3 serial no. for you entire data.
after first sorting, it will come to variable name order
so after finishing your data manipulation, sort again on this serial no. column and you get data in your original order.

thanks.

@Murray-Sobol

using unc paths for “find in files” will (or at least should) work under following conditions:

your user has access to this unc path without needing to enter any credentials.
please crosscheck this and paste your desired unc path (like \\1.2.3.4\Main folder\Sub folders) in explorer and make sure it opens without any user/password requests

your notepad++ must not be running in [administrator] mode or in any state where you are not able to drag and drop any file into notepad++, as it will not use or provide the active network credentials of your current user account to the file server

@Meta-Chuh Thanks a lot it make lot of senses this way I will be able to keep my precious setting especially the on’es for the automatic back-up !

@V-S-Rawat

if you have already moved all plugin files to the correct folder, you can keep it.

@Александр-Хренников

test test received ;-)