@donho I still have the “Edit with Notepad++” context menu after this RC installation. After running “C:\Program Files\Notepad++\contextMenu>regsvr32 /i NppShell.dll”: This is a wrong switch use, /i is not intended for the NppShell, should be only regsvr32 NppShell.dll. But I see that there is a significant change in the NppShell.dll export table: previous v8.9.8: Ordinal Entry Point Name 2 0x0000E690 CleanupDll 3 0x000055A0 DllCanUnloadNow 4 0x000055B0 DllGetClassObject 5 0x00005500 DllMain 6 0x00005520 DllRegisterServer 7 0x00005530 DllUnregisterServer 1 0x00005520 RegisterDll RC: Ordinal Entry Point Name 1 0x0000E680 CleanupDll 2 0x00005590 DllCanUnloadNow 3 0x000055A0 DllGetClassObject 4 0x000054F0 DllMain 5 0x00005510 DllRegisterServer 6 0x00005520 DllUnregisterServer

@RoxxiedaPunk said: my Notepad++ isn’t updating to 8.9.8. That’s because it was not triggered for auto-update. The downloads page at https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ will indicate the most recent auto-update version with “(stable: auto-update triggered)” or similar phrasing. As of today, 8.9.7 is the last triggered version. The manual explains the reason for not immediately triggering a new version for auto-update here: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/upgrading/#no-new-version-found-safety-delay. In this case, there were some critical fixes needed, hence today’s v8.9.8.1 Release Candidate