It seemed to be files > 10k
I agree too many plugin installed (going to use vs need - assessed)
I uninstalled many including

CSScriptNPP
DSpellCheck
PythonScript
XMLTools

Leaving only these installed:

BigFiles - Open Very Large Files 0.1.3
Compare 2.0.1
JSON Viewer 1.40
Mime tools 2.7
Notepad++ bplist plugin 1.3
Npp Xml Treeview 2
Save as admin 1.0.211

Updated compare to 2.0.2
Added back in Python, XMLTools, CS-Script, CVSQuery, DSpellCheck, CSV Lint
Had to Remove CSV Lint
Cause of crashing CSV Lint

Codepage - by default WIN 10 claims to use UTF-8 by default. My regional settings are English (US) and the Box - Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 is checked.
in NPP UTF-8 and apply to opened ANSI files are checked. UTF-8 with BOM is not
Side note:
If someone were to stumble onto the issue while searching for UTF-8.
However I remember and issue with opening these csv files with EXCEL and UTF-8 with BOM,
Double clicking on a CSV to open in EXCEL would open and import the file as ANSI.
To change this open the Registry Editor, navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Office>15.0>Excel>Options (In my case EXCEL 2013)

Look for the key DefaultCPG if it exists skip to the last line. Otherwise add it:

Right click in the right-hand window and choose New>DWORD

Name the new DWORD item DefaultCPG and hit enter.

Then right click on DefaultCPG and choose Modify.

Set the Base to Decimal, and enter the decimal value for Unicode UTF-8 (65001 in this case), then hit OK.

@khatri-vinay
Notepad++ shouldn’t disable editing read-only files.
It should disable overwriting them.
It should ask user to save with another name.

@peterjones I didn’t mean to say it should be a no-brainer for a computer to do the job that I thought would be a no brainer with also getting all the exceptions that need to be made right. In fact, notice that I said “it probsbly won’t be a perfectly done job”.

At any rate, I gather it’s not the right task to perform with Notepad++ and a word processor is probably what is best suited for me here.

Thank you.

@peterjones I mentioned what I used so as the person would know what I used to look at his code. It’s also why I made it clear that the name had nothing to do with an endorsement. You need to lighten up as we all know this forum is about Notepad++ which I have used for over 10 years. No need to make a public display of dressing me down. A polite personal message would have been fine.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.css\OpenWithProgids] "Notepad++.css"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++.css] @="CSS Source File" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++.css\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\resources\\app\\resources\\win32\\css.ico" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++.css\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++.css\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Notepad++.css\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\" \"%1\""

Replace .css with the file extension you want. Set the DefaultIcon path to what you want to use. If using x64 version of Notepad++ then remove the (x86). Save the file with a .reg extension and then run it.

Next time you open a file you will be prompted to choose an application open with. Select Notepad++ and then the icons should update.

@mr-brunes,

I’ve just noticed by chance that v8.3.3 is released, though I’m on v8.2.1 and the auto-updater hasn’t prompted me to update yet.

Please, before initiating any upgrade, check your local plugin library against this list to see if compatible versions are available.

How can I tell from the www site which is the current stable release? Or do I just ignore it and wait for the app to prompt me (though I recall it only does this at app restart)?

There are no release “channels”; there is just a download website that is continuously updated.

The closest thing to pre-release versions are the tagged releases that appear on GitHub at least a week before general distribution.

AppVeyor build artifacts are sometimes shared on the forum for beta testing, but those are primarily for developers.

@neil-schipper xcuse me, I’m Italian, sorry, I view I my mind the italian, not the englijsh, I’m sorry… :) And I thank you :)

@xianhua-zhao said in Question about starting behaviour of NotePad++:

But there is a noticeable and annoying delay (about 5 to 10 seconds) after I start NotePad++, before it shows its main edit screen.
…
Notepad++ v7.8.4 (32-bit)

Notepad++ v8.2.1 (64-bit) Build time : Jan 19 2022 - 18:43:05 Path : C:\Programs\Notepad++\notepad++.exe Command Line : Admin mode : OFF Local Conf mode : ON Cloud Config : OFF OS Name : Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) OS Build : 7601.0 Current ANSI codepage : 1252 Plugins : AnalysePlugin.dll LuaScript.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll PythonScript.dll

Starts up in ~200ms on a 6 core cpu desktop system. The system used can have a large impact on startup time. Some systems are slow at everything.

Update check turned off, though enabling was also similar startup time.

Contains 1 empty document. Numbers and sizes could impact startup. Loaded all autocomplete xml files which are not huge in size, added maybe an extra 100ms on startup. I also dropped the notepad++.exe binary on a tab to open, and took about 300ms to open. Huge documents could takes seconds, even minutes if massive as even notepad.exe can do the same long startup on huge files.

If slow startup, then some investigation might be needed. Guessing in this topic of the cause might not achieve much, as many factors are involved. If discover a bug that is causing it, then let us know.

I’ve been with similar problem and I’ve solved it downloading exactly the DLL plugin version asked by the Notepad++ version you have on your computer.

You can see this version on menu “Plugins\Manage Plugins”, searching for “Compare” plugin and taking the number on its right side:2022-03-25 10_34_36-Window.png image url)

After that you can search on https://github.com/pnedev the plugin Compareplugin matching the Notepad++ version you work with.

Hope this may help you.

@jeongyong-kim said in How to un-do cleared styles:

Can I undo this unintended clearing?

No.

Also have you discovered that styled text is not restored upon file reload, and, upon npp quit and restart?

If the text you like styled is findable and you’d like to automate reapplying the styles, see these:

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/69774
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/74540

@sunstarunicorn said in Auto-Complete List Format Changed:

I guess I will stay on Version 8.2.1, then.

As far as I can tell, this is the root of the complaint:

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To me a little bit of whitespace isn’t a deal-breaker for this feature. But sure, stay on some old version because of this, and miss out on any new enhancements.

BTW, IMO this is not something that needs a preference setting controlling it. In the words of the N++ author: “too many options = no option” (that may not be an exact quote).

Thank you very much for your help and time. Good health !!!

@alan-kilborn
I didn’t had read the last part of your message.
I save what is relevant/important. But I like to have some notes here on Notepad++ (datas availables elsewere but it’s convient for me to have them here).

I save all datas that are important on cloud (Google Drive, My Own Cloud, …) or in my PC.

But it’s a important reminder, thanks :)

@michael-vincent said in Can´t find CSV query plugin in version 8.3.3:

That GitHub repos does not provide a compiled release nor can I find this in Plugin Admin (64-bit). How does the average Notepad++ user get this tool to use?

Screenshot_227.png

@michael-vincent
Thanks

@igor-zavaley ,

Install the plugin XML Tools by going to Plugins menu, select Plugins Admin, click the checkbox for XML Tools, and click Install. Once Notepad++ restarts, you will have a Plugins > XML Tools sub-menu. If you run Plugins > XML Tools > Check XML Syntax Now , it will perform an XML syntax check, which can check missing/unbalanced closing tags:

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@paul-wormer

I could be wrong, but I don’t think any mouse action in the editing window will be macro-recorded – you have to do everything via keyboard.

Also, if I’m trying to express mouse actions here in a Community posting, I might do:

Ctrl+click (= hold Ctrl while left-clicking the mouse) Alt+rclick (= hold Alt while right-clicking the mouse) Shift+ dclick (= hold Shift while double-clicking the left mouse button)

@neil-schipper ,

Although shortcut keys, may be important to you, and I understand, as I used them with early editors also, but the moment we were using mouse and menus, except for Cntrl-c or Cntrl-v, I’ve completely given up using keyboard shortcuts, period. I even used to buy the 116-key keyboards to record shortcuts of only a few important keyboard keymaps/macros, but since the advent of right clicking and context senstive choices, I’ve found little use to remember convoluted keyboard shortcuts.

I even remember buying those commercial keyboard shortcut templates that fit over the keyboards to use common keyboard shortcuts…but those days are long gone for me and I suspect most users, however, as it is a mostly arcane use these days, someone really needing it is going to find it or ask about it, so I don’t think it’s hidden as much as it is “not emphasized”. But as Peter points out, it’s almost impossible to get people who use free software to read the free documentation. It’s easier for them to waste someone else’s time coming up with an answer they won’t research on their own. It’s just the times and generation we live in now, apparently. ::shrug::

@jeff-sacksteder

See HERE

@neil-schipper

Alan nailed it. My answer may not be wrong, but it may not be quite right either, but it’s hard to say without more details of what it’s actually about.