Hi, @daniel-b-0 and All,

Last UPDATED on 2024/05/22 : In the first version of this post, I exposed some real names of my personal photos. After reflection, I decided, for confidentiality, to change it and only show non-personal data !!

I understand that my method cannot be used safely with files of important size. So, I’m going to expose an second method which should work in all cases !

I experimented this new method with real data : A USB key of mine, containing 8,186 photos, collected over a period from 2004 to 2023

( Don’t worry, these photos are also stored on two external hard drives. In all circonstances, we must imitate the Mother Nature;, which uses RNA to code proteins and, NEVER, DNA itself for this purpose !! )

The general organisation of my USB drive is :

G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \03_ORG.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\05.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\06.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\07.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\08.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\09.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\10.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\08_22_xxxx xxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2006\01_07_xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx\01.jpg ... ... ... G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_01_xxxxx_xxxxx.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_01_xxxxx_xxxxx.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_08xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_22_xxxxx_xxxxx_xxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_02_xxxx_xxxxxx_xxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\05.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\06.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\07.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\08.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\09.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\10.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\11.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\12.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\13.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_31_xxxxxx - xxxxxxxx\01.jpg

So, sorted by year, then by motif ( month_day[-day]_location_reason or, sometimes, month_day[-day]_reason_location ) and finally by photo number, with, sometimes, the initial of the person who took the photo ( -A for Annie, my sister, -X for unknown, etc, )

In order to mimic your download.txt file, I placed the \x02 delimiters right after the G:_PHOTOS\ part and right before the \xx.jpg part; giving this format :

G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \03_ORG.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2004\06_11-22_xxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx \04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\05.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\06.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\07.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\08.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\09.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\01_24-29_SKI_xxxx xxxx xxxxx\10.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\03_22_SKI_xx xxxxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2005\08_22_xxxx xxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2006\01_07_xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx\01.jpg ... ... ... G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_01_xxxxx_xxxxx.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_01_xxxxx_xxxxx.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_08xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\10_22_xxxxx_xxxxx_xxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_02_xxxx_xxxxxx_xxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\04.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\05.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\06.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\07.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\08.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\09.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\10.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\11.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\12.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_15_xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx\13.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\01.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\02.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_26_xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx\03.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2023\12_31_xxxxxx - xxxxxxxx\01.jpg

In this way, we are sure that the zones, between delimiters, are unique like, for instance :

G:\_PHOTOS\2010\00_abcde_fghij\01.jpg ... ... G:\_PHOTOS\2011\00_abcde_fghij\01.jpg

Then, I randomized this file, using the N++ option :

Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Randomly

So my download.txt file looks like :

G:\_PHOTOS\2014\08_01_xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx\009_G.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2010\03_06_SKI_xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx\14.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2011\01_15_SKI_xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx\06.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2014\02_21-22_xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx\07.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2012\08_07-22_xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx\034_X.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2010\05_29_xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx\14.jpg ... ... ... G:\_PHOTOS\2014\09_13_xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxx\023.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2017\08_10-28_xx xxxx\013.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2010\10_30-31_xxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx\076_X.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2022\07_13-08_27_xx_xxxx\099_A.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2016\03_05-07_SKI_xxxxxxxxxxxx\006.jpg G:\_PHOTOS\2014\03_24_SKI_xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx\44.jpg

Secondly, I created an exist.txt file, made of all the different zones, between the STX delimiters. I obtained a file of 366 lines, whose I randomly deleted 45 of them, giving a final exist.txt file with 321 lines. So, at the end of the new method, we should get a file of all the lines containing one of the missing 45 zones !

Important :

For a correct realization, you must use the last v8.6.5 version of Notepad++, which improves the multi-selection process !

In all the search/replacements, listed below :

The Wrap around option is checked

The Regular expression search mode is checked

All the other options are un-checked

Let’s go :

First, re-copy your download.txt file as mark.txt

Open the mark.txt file in N++

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

SEARCH (?-s)^.*\x02(.+)\x02.*

REPLACE $1

Click on the Replace All button

=> We just keep the zones between delimiters

Now, use the menu option Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Ascending

Re-open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

SEARCH (?-s)^(.+\R)\K\1+

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

Click on the Replace All button

=> The duplicate lines are deleted and your mark.txt file should have decreased drastically ! In my case, I did get a mark.txt file with only 366 different lines

Then, append your exist.txt at the end of the mark.txt file. In my case, the file contains 366 + 321 so 687 lines

Again, use the menu option Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Ascending

Re-open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

SEARCH (?-s)^(.+\R)\1

REPLACE Leave EMPTY

Click on the Replace All button

=> The mark.txt file should have decreased and now contains only the zones which require downloading. In my case, it contains, as expected, 45 lines / zones !

If the last line of the mark.txt file ends with an EOL, delete the EOL characters of this last line

Note :

If all or some lines contain sub-folders, you’ll have to replace any \ character with a the literal \\ string

Now, on column 1, do a zero-length COLUMN selection of all the lines ( indication N × 0 in the status bar )

Type in a | pipe character

Hit the Home key

Hit the Backspace key

=> The file is changed into a one-line file

Hit the Home key, again

Delete the first | character

Finally, save the mark.txt file, now a single-line file

Remark :

If the entire line contains more than 2,000 characters, split this long line in parts, right before a | char and delete any | remaining at beginning and/or end of the lines

For example :

abc|def|.......................|uvw|xyz 01|23|.........................|67|89 Of course, in this case, you'll have to REPEAT the MARK operation, described below, for each CREATED line

Now, re-copy your download.txt file as to_do.txt

Switch to the mark.txt tab, containing, most of a time, just a single line

Select all the text ( Ctrl + A )

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )

=> The text should be automatically inserted in the dialog

Check the Bookmark line and Purge for each search options ( IMPORTANT )

Switch back to the to_do.txt tab

Click on the Mark All button

=> Message of the dialog Mark: xxx matches in entire file ( 876, in my case )

In the Bookmark margin, select, with the right-click button, the option Remove Unmarked Lines or use the menu option Search > Bookmark > Remove Unmarked Lines

Click on the Clear all marks button of the Mark dialog

Finally, save the to_do.txt file

=> You should get all the files that require downloading, In my theoric case, from the 45 zones to take in account, I got a list of 876 files / lines to “download” ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Here’s a tip to count a list of numbers :

Do a multi-column selection of all these numbers, located anywhere in your current file

Paste them in a new tab

Do a zero-length COLUMN selection of all these numbers

Hit the + sign

Hit the Home key

Hit the Backspace key

Hit the End key

Insert the = sign

Copy all contents of this single line ( Ctrl + C )

Open calc.exe

Paste the contents of the clipboard ( Ctrl + V )

=> Here you are : the Windows calculator should show you the total of your **list of numbers ;-)) No possibility of errors and quick result !

You may even count numbers in other bases !

@Eoin-McCann did not return and thus did not create an issue himself, so I did it and it is found HERE.

Awesome thank yall for the help!

Hello, @evguenii-baranov and All,

Quite easy with regular expression !

So, let’s suppose that your file contains only the simple text, below :

This is a very small bunch of text to see if it works nicely

Open your file in Notepad++

Place the caret ( cursor ) on the first line which must be replaced ( Line This is ). This point is IMPORTANT !

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

Un-check all the box options ( IMPORTANT )

SEARCH (?-is).+\R(?=(?:.+\R){2}(.+\R))

REPLACE $1

Select the Regular expression search mode

Click ONCE only on the Replace All button

=> You should get your expected text :

of text to see if it works nicely to see if it works nicely

Then, you just have to get rid of the three last lines which are repeated :

of text to see if it works nicely

In a general way, if you must replace the first line by the line N, use the following generic regex :

SEARCH (?-is).+\R(?=(?:.+\R){N-2}(.+\R))

REPLACE $1

And replace the N-2 expression with its appropriate number !

so, for example, the different regex searches, below, may be used :

(?-is).+\R(?=(?:.+\R){0}(.+\R))

(?-is).+\R(?=(?:.+\R){1}(.+\R))

(?-is).+\R(?=(?:.+\R){5}(.+\R))

Best Regards,

guy038

@donho said in Closed without saving the tab with the necessary data for 3 months.:

“The warning has been given, they are on their own now.” - as my favorite sentence has been said in WarCraft II.

When does the attack begin, my liege? :-)

@Angelica-Braun ,

That user hasn’t logged in here in two years.

I don’t know if any regulars here use the TakeNotes plugin.

However, based on the most recent TakeNotes 1.27 being released last month, the developer is actively on that plugin; so you might be able to check that plugin repo’s issues, and if no one else has asked about it, ask there if it’s currently possible (or if it could be added, if not)

Btw as far as I know ComparePlus and CSV Lint are the only plug-ins that change the transparency of the caret-line. This is because those are also the only plug-ins that use background colors for syntax styling.

All the default language (almost) never use a background color other than white(ish), that’s why an opaque caret line color has never been an issue.

For example, if you look at the stylers.model.xml file Perl is one of the few that uses background colors to style the strings-in-backticks.

@nousername1 said in Plugin to help me build an CMS Free Homepage?:

Can you recommend such Editor who offer an Clean Data File?

This forum is about Notepad++, the text editor, and thus also includes the plugins for Notepad++. If you are looking for recommendations for other software beyond Notepad++ or one of its plugins, this isn’t the right place. (And I have no idea what a “Clean Data File” is in your mind.)

@PeterJones Thank you very much Peter. Yes, that did the job. I had simply neglected to explore the options available under “MISC.” Indeed that’s where the setting was. My bad. I appreciate your help Brother. Be well.

In a normal scenario -with Windows scaling settings at 100%- notepad++ uses icons at 16x16 and 32x32. At high screen resolutions and depending on the monitor size, Windows applies a scaling, for example 150%. Notepad++ will then use the icons at +50% 16x16 → 24x24px and 32x32 → 48x48px. If that icon resolution exists, then they will be used, but if they don’t, they will be rescaled and look blurry.

For me, a suggestion for the notepad++ author would be that the user could choose from a combobox the resolution to use for the icons (16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48…).

…

On the other hand, I have several sets of icons for the toolbar and I would like to make them public but I’m still thinking about the best way to publish them: a different post in the forum for each icon set, a free website, by Telegram, maybe if donho enabled a section on the web… I don’t know what would be the best way.
In the meantime you can try the following pack (my favorite) with different resolutions for test → https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/25706/toolbar-color-icons-for-notepad

Oops, our replies crossed. Thanks again for your help.

@mkupper said in Font size on PopUp window, Please!:

the in-selection box is not coded to resize itself vertically as the buttons got larger.

Probably this is because the window isn’t resizable vertically.

@PeterJones I see, that’s too complicated, not worth it. The reason is simple: I often paste stuff so I want to be able to paste (or sometimes type) text into a file without the need to first click on the last line and then pressing Enter. In MS Word you can double-click on any blank space below and start typing or pasting, so here I want something like that.

@C-Bacca said in Place cursor in center of displayed text when Goto line number.:

Is there a way to put the cursor about 5 lines from the top of the NPP window when doing a Goto Line?

Not natively.

If you are going to a line near the top of the file, you could do Ctrl+Home then Goto Line. Or if you’re going to a line near the bottom, Ctrl+End before Goto Line. For one in the middle, you could Goto Line then use the mouse scrollwheel or Ctrl+Arrow to quickly scroll that line to the middle. (Settings > Preferences > Editing 1 > ☑ Enable scrolling beyond last line will help if you want to be able to center it with scrollwheel, even if you go to the last line.)

If that’s not sufficient, it could be coded up in the PythonScript Plugin or similar scripting plugin, and then assign that script a keyboard shortcut to use – and you could then run that script instead of Goto Line. It’s not that difficult to do a “goto” then try to center it in PythonScript syntax; if you need help to do such a script, let us know (though we aren’t a code-writing service, so you’ll be expected to take an active role).

@Ivan-Lewis-Coker,

The other respondants are helping with your actual issue, but I thought I’d reply to:

I didn’t see a Search option to look

The toolbar of the forum has a magnifying glass, which indicates “search”, just like magnifying glasses do in many other tools (including Notepad++)

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Click on the search icon, then type your search text. It’s not the world’s best search, but it will work.

And I am also assuming you actually know about Google’s advanced search syntax (which you can enter in a normal Google search bar, not just from their advanced search page). This syntax allows you to search by site, so site:community.notepad-plus-plus.org search terms here will restrict your google search to our Community.

@PeterJones ,
Thanks for helping me find this out. This is strange, because when we put filepath/filename in the code, we do surround them with quotes for the reasons you point out.

Why the IDE would not pass a filepath/filename parameter without quotes around it is strange, unless the way the IDE is designed, it does it internally, as witnessed by those two different ways it displays depending on if there is spaces in it. In other words, the IDE interpreter sees the spaces, and then puts quotes around it for itself. This makes sense, but making it more difficult for us to use external editors without passing it that way is definitely perplexing. Just as an FYI, the dBASE Plus editor is based on the SciTE editor that they changed to in the dBASE Plus 9 version, so it does share at least a little bit of familial genes with NPP, namely the Scintilla library. :-)

@Kjell-Rilbe From a casual observation.

Important to note: The Save As dialog has a checkbox named Append extension.

If Append extension checkbox is checked, then the filter combobox named Save as type will auto-select the filetype to match the existing file type or language. So if Save as type is Normal text file (*.txt), then it is known for Notepad++ to append .txt to the File name in edit control on save.

If Append extension checkbox is unchecked, then the filter combobox named Save as type will auto-select All types (*.*) as the state of appending a file extension is undetermined so that the user needs to type into the whole file name including file extension to save as a file type.

Perhaps for the 10+ years mentioned the checkbox Append extension has been unchecked for your Notepad++ configuration. One day it changed and the usual routine afterwards was disrupted.

Just viewed config.xml with changing the checkbox state and closing Notepad++. The state is remembered for the next Notepad++ instance:

<GUIConfig name="MISC" ... saveDlgExtFilterToAllTypes="yes" ... />

The value can toggle with value yes and no. There should be no need to change this value manually if a Gui method is available … ( Append extension ).

The Preferences dialog shows no mention that I could see to influence the state of the Save as type combobox and so I consider the Append extension is the main point of change.

The suggested fix for you is to uncheck Append extension on the next Save As event.

@Лі-Лантер ,

How do I convert(?) the text on notepad to chrome?

This forum is about Notepad++. Calling it “notepad” makes it look like you’re talking about the microsoft windows built-in editor “notepad”. If you are really talking about Notepad++, please do not forget the ++, as it is part of the name. Using the right name helps us make sure you’re actually talking about Notepad++ and are asking in the right place.

I need to convert the stuff I wrote in notepad to a chrome version.

Notepad++ is a text editor. Chrome is a web viewer. If you wrote HTML using Notepad++, you do not need to “convert” anything. You open the file with Chrome to render and view the page.

(The video I watched has a different version of notepad)

We have no clue what video you watched, or what “version of Notepad++” either you or “the video” is using.

When I press the “run” button(I’m not working on an english ver of notepad, not sure if I’m calling everything correctly), I press start and get a small window that says “enter the program launch options” with an empty typing window.

In Notepad++'s default English translation, there is a Run menu with a Run… action,
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which opens a dialog box that looks like:
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I type in “chrome” and it just takes me to the main chrome page.

Of course it does. The Run… dialog is very similar to typing a command from cmd.exe or a powershell window, or from the windows Win+R run-a-command dialog
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If you don’t give the chrome command any command-line argument to tell it what file to launch, it will just open the Chrome application without directing it to open a specific file.

But based on everything you told me, my guesses are:

The video you watched was using a really old version of Notepad++ (older than v7.6.3 from 2019) The video you watched showed using Run > Launch In Chrome, which does not exist in your newer copy of Notepad++ Those commands have been replaced by View > View Current File in > Chrome and similar:
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So if you are editing an HTML file, and want to see that HTML file rendered in the Chrome browser, you use View > View Current File in > Chrome

@mkupper said in Session.xml keeps getting deleted:

@donho may be feeling lonely and so should be happy to get a kudo for implementing the session.xml.inCaseOfCorruption.bak file thing.

LOL!
I love kudo, but all kudos should go to @xomx - thanks to his code review, the workaround of Dell Support Assist’s bug has been implemented in v8.6.5:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14858#issuecomment-1999912317

Hi guys

Thanks to the investigation & implementation of @xomx , we have identified a plugin which could cause this issue eventually: “SaveAsAdmin”.
ref: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/14990#issuecomment-2053828749

While browsing this very long discussion of the issue, I found no Debug Info regarding files corrupted NUL characters issue.

So for people who have encountered NUL characters content problem, could you confirm (or deny) that you have had SaveAsAdmin plugin installed?