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    • C BaccaC
      C Bacca
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      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.

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        xomx @C Bacca
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        @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:
        npp-installer-no-NppShell.png

        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…

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