@Claudia-Frank @Scott-Sumner

Thank you all so much for your help. I decided to go back to my old tried and true editor. Although it is much bulkier and quiet expensive, it also has many more core features that don’t require plugins, its UI is very impressive, and best of all I have yet to find a bug. Yes I am talking editor Adobe Dreamweaver (CC 2017). I am not putting down Notepad++ but it does seem to be lacking a little. I guess it takes time for an app to develop into a mature system that can compete with other big boys on the.block. But its still a very good app if all you want to do is some quick simple coding which was why i picked up Notepad++ in the first place.

Nah, I tried that.

It also fails from Windows explorer. I right click a file and choose “Open with->Choose default program…”.

It’s impossible to get NP++ to appear in the list of known programs and if you browse to it it simply ignores your selection.

It seems just doesn’t like the 64 bit NP++ exe file.

I’ve gone back to the 32 bit version (which works perfectly).

@Meta-Chuh Well not entirely impossible, but not necessarily a Notepad++ function either. If sharing over a network, you can set access/attribute flags. I’d think that a Python script, for example, could set these flags, depending on the method of sharing.

@Prabu-Balaji Is this a question on Notepad++ functionality, or a general file system question? If a file system question, perhaps a general Linux/Windows/SysAdmin/etc. forum would be a better place to get information. If you believe it is truly a Notepad++ question, please provide more details about how and where you are sharing the files and how you want Notepad++ to enable the write protection.

Also of interest: reproducible and which version of N++\plugins you used.

Of course you have the option not to participate.

I don’t get the attitude of people: instead of saying, “Gee, it would be nice if this forum allowed signups without social media” you make it a complaint and an accusation.

@taa1

Try this:

Find what zone: (?-s)^\h*(.*?)\h*$
Replace with zone: \1
In selection checkbox: ticked
Search mode: Regular expression
Action: Press Replace All button

@decoderman
never worry, i think almost all of us are pretty busy coping with our daily lives and thus far from omni-present.

that’s why it’s so nice, that you, and many other people stop by, without really needing anything theirselves, just to check what’s new and to help out others.