@xomx From the scenarios you described, HMAC is not infaillible. However, just because the burglar is cabable of anything does not mean I leave my door unlocked when I leave home. Also you make valid points. The MachineGUID is not a cryptographic secret, and it was never designed to be one. But it’s still better to use the MachineGUID than to rely sorely on sha256 of shortcuts.xml. Not only does HMAC make tempering with shortcuts.xml more difficult, but it also prevents attackers from pre-computing the sha256 value of the factory-default shortcuts.xml. As a result, I believe HMAC is a suitable solution: it prevents the most effortless forms of shortcuts.xml tempering, and under normal circumstances users are not disturbed.

@PeterJones Okay, I got it working, but I need to revise the configuration section of NppDebugger. Debugging PythonScript is fundamentally different from debugging “regular” Python programs. Currently, however, NppDebugger selects the debugger based on the language, which no longer works in this case. So I guess I need to introduce a “profile-like” approach, i.e., a language can have multiple debug adapters. If multiple adapters are defined, we could display a small dialog to select the desired adapter. Additionally, the debuggee process is currently terminated when the session ends, which is usually not a problem, but when debugging PythonScript, Npp itself is the debuggee process, and terminating it could leave plugins in an unexpected state, such as in my case, where NppLspClient can no longer perform its cleanup. So I need an additional option to configure the debuggee process so that it is not terminated after the debugging session ends. I hope another version will be available by the end of this week. [image: 1780303579725-nppdebugger_in_action.gif]

@PeterJones - Yes! It works that way for me, too. That’s the magic bullet - have Windows to add it to the Open With list, which triggers creating the file in AutomaticDestinations\ which will then start collecting file names. I now have my jump list back. Thanks for helping me puzzle this through. I have a few files that I use daily and this makes my work flow much more efficient.

@PeterJones said: Notepad++ copies the current contents of the file on disk Yes, function “Backup on save” does exactly that, it’s not suitable. I need to save the current version of an open document. I will use third-party software to save a copy of the file on external flash disk to the specified directory on the PC. Writing plugins for Notepad++ is very interesting, but there is absolutely no time for it. Thank you.

@guy038 Hello! Oh great news, this sounds promising, finger crossed! :D Thanks for your reply! Best regards, pellelin

@peterjones Yes, mostly the issue is for end user. Thanks for complete explanation!

@smcclosr said: Not 100% user if this version addressed this specific issue, It almost definitely did not. The changes between 8.9.6 and 8.9.6.1, as announced in the forum and by looking at the git-diff at GitHub, were completely related to vulnerability fixes (COPYDATASTRUCT, removing commandLineInterpreter hidden config file option, and making it harder for saved-Run-menu entries from shortcuts.xml to run apps from non-approved directories), and do not seem in any way related to OneDrive. (And least, I don’t see how any of them could affect saving of files to OneDrive) My guess was the change in v8.9.6 that changed behavior relative to v8.9.5 was the “saving dirty read-only files” fix (but that’s just a guess… and it wasn’t changed/reverted in v8.9.6.1, so that doesn’t seem a plausible explanation for your experience.) but it is resolved for me now. Hopefully it stays that way. Good luck.

@jabcreations said: The only “people” using 800x600 these days are bots. That’s an absurd exaggeration. Whether or not there’s anyone on 800x600, there are plenty of people still using 1920x1080 monitors. (In case you don’t believe me, per April 2026 Steam HW/SW survey, more than 50% of Steam users are running at 1920x1080. So it’s still reasonable behavior for more than half of users – and that’s skewed toward gamers, who are more likely to have “fancy” tech; I am confident that in general, even higher percentage is still using 1920x1080.) Did I miss something or does this need to be a feature request? Could it be improved for 4K users? Likely (I’ve never used a 4K monitor, so I have no experience). There’s a long-open set of 4K issues in the official tracker, and it wouldn’t surprise me if this were already one of the open issues remaining… You might want to search the 4K issues in the repo to see if it already exists. But in the meantime, what’s your OS display scaling set to. Normally, with 4K, it’s somewhere in the 150% to 200%, IIRC from other posts. But if you’re at 100%, then of course GUI elements will be tiny.

@Geoff-Taylor , That is the effect of one of the “security fixes” that prompted v8.9.6.1’s existence. See my reply to see more of the implications of the security changes, and note the discussion it spawned

@Bernard said: this is to request feature id est Folder Workspace responds to clicks on line containing file name if the click is on blank area beyond end of file name . Interesting idea. I see no harm in asking for it. However, this is the Community of Notepad++ users. Our feature request FAQ explains the process for checking for existing requests and adding a new request if it doesn’t already exist.

Hi, All, Second and last post regarding the Word_Frequency macro ! Now, a simple example : Open the change.log file of the last release v8.9.6 Do a stream selection of all the points of the v8.9.6 release, ONLY. So, the lines below : 1. Fix vulnerability (CVE-2026-46710) of v8.9.4 & v8.9.5 installer. 2. Fix x86 installer regression of not showing installation entry in Control Panel's "Unstall a program". 3. Fix x86 installer regression where context menu not installed or uninstalled correctly. 4. Fix UAC prompt display regression (“Notepad++ installer” instead of “Notepad++”) for Notepad++ v8.9.5. 5. Fix incorrect bevaviour when saving dirty read-only files. 6. Fix regression where saving a UDL file removed XML declaration. Run the Word_Frequency macro. You should get, at once, this OUTPUY text : 1 : 1 2 : 1 3 : 1 4 : 2 5 : 3 6 : 1 9 : 3 CVE-2026-46710 : 1 Control : 1 Fix : 6 Notepad : 3 Panel's : 1 UAC : 1 UDL : 1 Unstall : 1 XML : 1 a : 2 bevaviour : 1 context : 1 correctly : 1 declaration : 1 dirty : 1 display : 1 entry : 1 file : 1 files : 1 for : 1 in : 1 incorrect : 1 installation : 1 installed : 1 installer : 4 instead : 1 menu : 1 not : 2 of : 3 or : 1 program : 1 prompt : 1 read-only : 1 regression : 4 removed : 1 saving : 2 showing : 1 uninstalled : 1 v8 : 3 vulnerability : 1 when : 1 where : 2 x86 : 2 If you prefer a ordered list ignoring the case, simply insert the regex replacement, below <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="(?x-i) \u+" /> <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1602" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="\L$0" /> <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="640" sParam="" /> <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1609" sParam="" /> Right before the sort line : <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="42059" lParam="0" sParam="" /> Here is the trick to get the right number of occurrences when > 99,999. Search for any remaining ¶ character with the regex ¶+ . Let’s suppose you have this line : the : ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶97371 As the number of consecutive ¶ is 23, the exact of occurrences of the word the is : 23 × 10000 + 97,371 i.e. 327,371 occurrences Remember that the first thing to do, before running the Word_Frequency macro, is to select part or all current file contents ! Best Regards, guy038

@Abdellah-Hss Hello thanks for this input, I thought I had to provide all system versions in order to be accepted to admin plugin list. Today I’ve added ARM64 version and will fork the admin list to update it asap. Thanks for the feedback I actually didn’t know the way to publish it via official channel. Hopefully once I get through with this process it will make the list and be easier accesible.

@donho , https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27545/inability-to-save-file-to-onedrive-with-8.9.6-version-of-notepad indicates that there might be a regression with the ability to save to OneDrive…