On install regsvr32 has stopped working

C Bacca

On windows Server 2013 (we cannot update this) I’m trying to update NPP in c:\users\MYUSER\app\Notepad++\ but I’m getting an error.

The first error after installation is in a popup window and says:

Runtime Error! Program c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe.
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. 
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

The second window that pops up is:

Microsoft(c) Register Server has stopped working. 
Windows can check online for a solution to the problem.
(There are 2 buttons:)
Check online for a solution and close the program.
Close the program.

I have limited permissions to install on this dev machine so I installed it under c:\users\MYUSER. But why do I still have problems?

This is stopping me from updating NPP. How can I get this to work?

Thank you.

xomx

@C-Bacca said in On install regsvr32 has stopped working:

On windows Server 2013

Do you mean Windows Server 2012 R2 (Windows 8.1 based)?

(I can try to test the same in a VM but has to be sure which Windows…)

@C-Bacca said in On install regsvr32 has stopped working:

I have limited permissions to install on this dev machine so I installed

From your error messages is clear that there is a problem with registering the Notepad++ context menu shell extension (NppShell). Since only “system-wide” registration (which in turn needs the admin-rights anyway) is currently supported for NppShell, I would simply choose to install without this shell extension during installation:

Other workaround is to use a portable N++ version instead, e.g. here is the link to the latest v8.8 (x64): https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v8.8/npp.8.8.portable.x64.zip

Just unzip that to your writable folder of choice and run there the Notepad++.exe. And portable N++ versions do not contain the NppShell at all, so no similar regsvr32 problem is possible…