@PeterJones said in Make notrepad++ default:

It seems a mixed bag: wanting it as system default, associated with lots of file types, and using the Shell Extension, but not wanting to “install” it. It might help us give you better advice if you explain what parts of the “install” that you are opposed to. Is it just storing the settings in %AppData% that you don’t like? Or is there something else? The installer can install into any directory, not just Program Files; the installer can choose to not use %AppData% (as long as it’s not installed in Program Files); the installer automatically registers the Shell Extension for you.

Thanks for all the patience and instruction. I studied those data transfer tutorials, and I “think” I got it right. A little complicated because in Portableapps, in some cases there are up to three iterations of the same file in separate locations. So far, it looks and behaves like the Portableapps.

Is it just storing the settings in %AppData% that you don’t like?

I know the best way to do things is the install. I like to keep things simple. I have very limited space on my OS partition, so I like to keep things as simple as I can by going portable whenever possible, and locating elsewhere. It also makes things easier if you must do an image restore.

That said, considering what you have advised, I think I will do the install. and avoid storing the settings in %AppData%.

After the installation now that I have the working portable version. can I move it to the install directory, mindful of the fact that there will be files in that directory that must retained? Or is it not that simple?

Update: @Ertan-Küçükoglu didn’t post the link here, but had made https://github.com/ScintillaOrg/lexilla/issues/321 to request this feature from Lexilla. Lexilla just merged a PR to add SCE_PAS_MULTILINESTRING styleID=15. Since Lexilla v5.4.8 was just released last week, it’s likely going to be a few weeks to a couple months before v5.4.9 is released to include that feature. But once it is, and once Notepad++ imports the updated Lexilla, then that new style can be added to the Pascal/Delphi definitions in stylers/themes. So hopefully, this will be added to Notepad++ within the next few months.

(Keep an eye on Notepad++'s Issue #16807 to see when it gets added to the codebase; whatever release happens after that Issue is closed will be the first Notepad++ release to incude the multi-line string highlighting.)