Sorry! It is NOT that I refuse to help you. It is mostly I don’t know how… I asked for screenshots (a normal function of Windows, which I assumed you would know how to grab). I asked for the Debug Info (I told you what menu to go into to get it). You provided neither. Also, I thought telling you that NOTHING showed in " -> Configuration" was self evident and DIDN’T need a screen snapshot? The screenshot would have confirmed: 1) that there really was “nothing” there (maybe you and I have a different definition of “nothing”), 2) whether you had really selected “user scripts” or had selected “machine scripts”, and 3) that you were willing to follow instructions to try to get help. I’m happy to announce I’ve fixed it!!! Don’t ask me how but my WHOLE NP++ setup was weird!!! It seemed half in Program Files and half in AppData. That’s not weird. That’s how Notepad++ and PythonScript are intentionally set up. The FAQ footnote that I’ve begged you to read explains why there are the two different script locations. In fiddling around I copied the PythonScript directory from Program Files into AppData and TaDa! Everything fell into place… EVERYTHING WORKED like clockwork! You thus copied way too much. You could have copied just the scripts. Or you could have just clicked the “machine scripts” button in the dialog, like I told you to, and not had to copy any files. THANK YOU for your responses and help. Glad you’ve got it working.

@MarkusBodensee Thank you for your heads up. The fix will come with v8.9.5 release tomorrow.

Hi, @matt-long, @coises and All, Of course, the @coises’s plugin would be the best solution, being both flexible and powerful However, @matt-long, if you don’t want to install any new plugin, here is a solution with native N++ only ! Of course, I’ll use the part of file which ONLY needs changes. But, in your personal file, the trailing part of each line will stay unchanged ! So, let’s suppose an INPUT text, like below, pasted in a new tab : 09-Jan-26 00:00:00 AM, 13-Sep-21 02:00:59 AM, 13-Jul-24 04:57:29 AM, 19-Apr-20 07:42:50 AM, 01-Mar-26 09:12:43 AM, 29-Feb-24 11:08:51 AM, 25-Jul-23 11:59:59 AM, 09-Jan-19 12:00:00 AM, 01-May-26 00:00:00 PM, 08-Oct-25 02:54:31 PM, 17-Feb-22 03:29:35 PM, 23-Sep-18 06:37:06 PM, 03-Nov-20 08:55:44 PM, 31-Aug-26 10:38:00 PM, 31-Dec-20 11:59:59 PM, 01-May-26 12:00:00 PM, Open the Replace dialog Uncheck all box options FIND (?-si)^(0(\d)|\d\d)-(.+?)-(\d\d) (\d\d):(\d\d):\d\d (AM|PM)(?=,) REPLACE (?2\2:\1)/\3/(?{4}20\4) \5\7:\6 Check the Wrap around option Select the Regular expression search mode Click on the Replace All button => You should obtain the temporary OUTPUT text below : 9/Jan/2026 00AM:00, 13/Sep/2021 02AM:00, 13/Jul/2024 04AM:57, 19/Apr/2020 07AM:42, 1/Mar/2026 09AM:12, 29/Feb/2024 11AM:08, 25/Jul/2023 11AM:59, 9/Jan/2019 12AM:00, 1/May/2026 00PM:00, 8/Oct/2025 02PM:54, 17/Feb/2022 03PM:29, 23/Sep/2018 06PM:37, 3/Nov/2020 08PM:55, 31/Aug/2026 10PM:38, 31/Dec/2020 11PM:59, 1/May/2026 12PM:00, Now, APPEND at the very end of your file, all the lines below : #Jan 1 #Feb 2 #Mar 3 #Apr 4 #May 5 #Jun 6 #Jul 7 #Aug 8 #Sep 9 #Sept 9 #Oct 10 #Nov 11 #Dec 12 #00AM 00 #01AM 01 #02AM 02 #03AM 03 #04AM 04 #05AM 05 #06AM 06 #07AM 07 #08AM 08 #09AM 09 #10AM 10 #11AM 11 #12AM 12 #00PM 12 #01PM 13 #02PM 14 #03PM 15 #04PM 16 #05PM 17 #06PM 18 #07PM 19 #08PM 20 #09PM 21 #10PM 22 #11PM 23 #12PM 00 Thus, your INPUT text is now as below : 9/Jan/2026 00AM:00, 13/Sep/2021 02AM:00, 13/Jul/2024 04AM:57, 19/Apr/2020 07AM:42, 1/Mar/2026 09AM:12, 29/Feb/2024 11AM:08, 25/Jul/2023 11AM:59, 9/Jan/2019 12AM:00, 1/May/2026 00PM:00, 8/Oct/2025 02PM:54, 17/Feb/2022 03PM:29, 23/Sep/2018 06PM:37, 3/Nov/2020 08PM:55, 31/Aug/2026 10PM:38, 31/Dec/2020 11PM:59, 1/May/2026 12PM:00, #Jan 1 #Feb 2 #Mar 3 #Apr 4 #May 5 #Jun 6 #Jul 7 #Aug 8 #Sep 9 #Sept 9 #Oct 10 #Nov 11 #Dec 12 #00AM 00 #01AM 01 #02AM 02 #03AM 03 #04AM 04 #05AM 05 #06AM 06 #07AM 07 #08AM 08 #09AM 09 #10AM 10 #11AM 11 #12AM 12 #00PM 12 #01PM 13 #02PM 14 #03PM 15 #04PM 16 #05PM 17 #06PM 18 #07PM 19 #08PM 20 #09PM 21 #10PM 22 #11PM 23 #12PM 00 Open again the Replace dialog Uncheck all box options FIND (?-si)(?|(\u\l\l|Sept)|(\d\d(?:AM|PM)))(?=(?s).+^#\1 (\d+))|(?s)^#.+ REPLACE \2 Check the Wrap around option Select the Regular expression search mode Click on the Replace All button => You should get your expected OUTPUT text : 9/1/2026 00:00, 13/9/2021 02:00, 13/7/2024 04:57, 19/4/2020 07:42, 1/3/2026 09:12, 29/2/2024 11:08, 25/7/2023 11:59, 9/1/2019 12:00, 1/5/2026 12:00, 8/10/2025 14:54, 17/2/2022 15:29, 23/9/2018 18:37, 3/11/2020 20:55, 31/8/2026 22:38, 31/12/2020 23:59, 1/5/2026 00:00, Voila ! Best Regards, guy038

@baberzaman you might want to check out Kereds or my LSP client for Notepad++.

Hi, All, I did additional tests, especially regarding characters allowed with or without quotes ! Although practically any character can be put within a file name when using the rename option of the Explorer, it happens that, under DOS, it is safer to surround the filename with double quotes when you insert most of the allowed symboles So, here is an updated version of my information part : Syntaxes / Chars ALWAYS forbidden : \x00-\x1F " * / : < > ? \ | \x7F : . at the END of file name : SPACE at the END of file name : ALL DOTS file name : PRN AUX NUL : COM1 COM2 com3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 COM¹ COM² COM³ : com1 com2 com3 com4 com5 com6 com7 com8 com9 com¹ com² com³ : LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 lpt6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 LPT¹ LPT² LPT³ : lpt1 lpt2 lpt3 lpt4 lpt5 lpt6 lpt7 lpt8 lpt9 lpt¹ lpt² lpt³ Chars allowed WITHIN double quotes : ! % & ' ( ) + , ; = [ ] ^ ` { } ~ : SPACE when at BEGINNING of file name Chars allowed WITHOUT double quotes : # $ - @ _ : . if NOT at END of file name : SPACE if NOT at BEGINNING or END of file name You’ll note that my regex, described in my previous post, allows most of the symbols, even without quotes, as they, generally, can be inserted when using the Explorer ! BR guy038

@ioc2e3 said: ioc2e3 Apr 29, 2026, 4:16 PM Hopefully Notepad++ can display correctly … More types of language archives … notepad++ has been holding it down for like 20 years now. underrated.

I have checked out the https://github.com/donho/xmlSigner project and it is what I needed. I have used that project to correctly pass the XML signing test. I have opened some issues with that project. Here is a quick summary of how the update process works. The wingup code first queries a website to determine if an update is required and the returned XML provides information to be used later. None of the information in the XML is used if it doesn’t pass the XML security check. After passing the security check the code looks for the update status and download location, assuming an update is required. After prompting the user to download the update and finishing the download, it checks the code signing of the installer. Assuming that the code signing is valid and the correct certificate, it starts the install. I will try to document all the customizations to the code from Notepad++, wingup and xmlSigner to make it work in my project so that future users have a place to start, but that will be after I am sure its all working correctly with the new security updates. Thank you @xomx for pointing me in the right direction.