@Michael4141 said:
isn’t it reasonable to take it that the program actually makes the backup it confirms it is supposed to be making
Did you read my description of what goes on under each of the different options? I made that description based on experiments I performed in the midst of writing up yesterday’s post. Those options behave exactly as I described when I used them as described. As I said before, Periodic Backups is the “Notepad++ will save a copy of the file in a temporary location every # seconds, until such time as SAVE is hit, at which point, its job is done so it can be deleted”. Backup on save is the “Notepad++ will save an extra copy of your file, either in the same directory as your file (simple), or a subdirectory with multiple copies (verbose), or in a custom backup directory for either simple or verbose”.
If you use those settings, and they behave as I described, then I don’t understand why you are still complaining. If you use those settings, and they don’t behave as I described, then you are ignoring me (*), and / or otherwise not providing the information requested to help us help you. If you don’t want help, that’s fine; but just admit that, and move into the Boycott Notepad++ section of the forum if you want to continue complaining. If you do want help, then we are quite happy to help you: I wouldn’t have spent so much time on that response if I didn’t want to help. If you do want help, then provide the description of what’s not working for you – exactly what the behavior is that you see, and exactly what settings you have when you see that behavior.
*: To quote what I said earlier:
Do your experiments match this? If not, please give us the ?-menu’s Debug Info > Copy debug info into clipboard, as well as giving us screenshots of the config boxes, and appropriate directories listings.
You also said,
BTW, another program I use is Libre Office and it actually does make a backup of the file currently open, when it is supposed to. So…
As far as I can tell, Notepad++ is behaving exactly as I expect. If I turn on periodic backup, it keeps a temporary backup of any file I haven’t saved yet, in the %appdata%\notepad++\backup. If I turn on backup-on-save, every time I hit save, it updates the backup file in either the same folder as the original file, in the NppBackup subfolder of that folder, or in the directory I specify. If that’s not what it’s doing for you, describe your exact settings, and what files you see in those locations at the various points in time (while there are files that are edited but not saved, and immediately after hitting save)
Maybe I just expect too much. {sigh}
You haven’t told us how it is not behaving according to your expectations.
But maybe I expect to much of people asking for help. {sigh}