I’ve found that you can update it, stand alone, or through their platform updater:

http://portableapps.com/support/portable_app#upgrading

[Just install an updated version of NP++ portable, over the current version]

Upgrading a Portable App

Standalone - To upgrade a portable app manually without the PortableApps.com Platform, just browse to the location of the AppNamePortable_x.x.paf.exe file you downloaded.

Double-click the file to start the installation. Follow the on-screen prompts and select the location you’d like to install to.

For upgrades, you should select the parent directory of the AppNamePortable directory in which the app is currently installed.

For example, if the app is within
X:\PortableApps\AppNamePortable,
you’d want to select the
X:\PortableApps directory in the Browse Folder window.

After clicking OK, it should show X:\PortableApps\AppNamePortable. All of your current settings and data will be preserved.

Uninstalling a Portable App

Unlike traditional apps, a portable app isn’t ‘installed’ with an entry in Add/Remove programs, so uninstallation is quick and easy.

Standalone - Delete the AppNamePortable folder to completely remove the app and all its settings.

[A plugin such as Aspell, though, is installed with an entry in Add/Remove programs - there is no way to make it portable with NP++, native or PortableApps]

In the NPP++ native version, made stand alone, you can do this in the menu across the top:

? / Update Notepad++
? / Set Updater Proxy…

The native version of NP++ also has fewer files, and a smaller file size.

I’ll go with that

I see that this happens with the PortableApps version of NP++

http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable

Every time you open a text file, it creates this folder, in the same sub-directory of the NP++ intall: C: \ N++RECOV

NP++ native, made portable, does not do this.

@Thom-Knepper

Which version of N++ are you using? I’m on the latest (6.8.1), and have options under the ‘Run’ tab to:

Launch in Firefox Crtl+Alt+Shift+X
Launch in IE Crtl+Alt+Shift+I
Launch in Chrome Crtl+Alt+Shift+R
Launch in Safari Crtl+Alt+Shift+F

There’s no option to Launch in the Microsoft’s new Edge browser just yet.

Hope this helps

@jonandr123 Yep, that worked… Thanks so much for your assistance @jonandr123

Hi Pete,

I’m NOT able to modify an already posted message :-(, I always got the weird message :

Error

You are only allowed to edit posts for
5 second(s) after posting

Don’t understand what that means ? Anyway, the final dotted line, of my initial post, must be understood :

So, the final part .*\R does stand for the entire line, followed by its End of Line characters, which need to be deleted

Cheers,

guy038

Would Preferences → Auto-Completion → Auto-Insert solve the problem you’re seeing?

– Dave

Which version are you running? I seem to remember fixing a bug related to this (setting number of entries = 0) but it was some years ago.