Style Configurations Reset After Update

subodhjaiswar

Hello,

I have set custom colors in Style Configurator, Obsidian, custom colors on Smart Selection, Selected text, current line etc. Every time NP++ updates, due to new version release, these setting gets resets to default colors, and I have to set it again. What is the option available so that these setting don’t get reset & I don’t need to set it on every version update.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Subodh

Terry R

@subodhjaiswar

Are you using the installed version or the portable version?

The portable version will do this by design. It is a replacement process.

Terry

subodhjaiswar

@Terry-R,

I am using installed version.

Thank You

Subodh

Terry R

@subodhjaiswar

Please copy and paste the “debug info” into a post. Debug is under the ? menu.

Terry

subodhjaiswar

@Terry-R

Notepad++ v8.8.7 (64-bit)
Build time: Oct 19 2025 - 16:19:15
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.5.7/5.4.5
Boost Regex included: 1_85
Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line:
Admin mode: ON
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: OFF
Periodic Backup: ON
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode: OFF
Display Info:
primary monitor: 1920x1080, scaling 125%
visible monitors count: 1
installed Display Class adapters:
0001: Description - Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
0001: DriverVersion - 32.0.101.7076
OS Name: Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version: 25H2
OS Build: 26200.6901
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins:
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConverter (4.7)
NppExport (0.4)

Terry R

@subodhjaiswar
You have “admin” mode on. Do you often or always run in admin mode?

It’s late here so no time to confirm my suspicion but I think that will possibly be the reason for your issue. Likely by the time I wake up others will have confirmed what I suspect.

Terry

subodhjaiswar

@Terry-R

I am only user using my system and I have the admin privilege as its needed for during my routine work.

Do I need as different method why installing NP or I can switch to non-Admin mode only in NP, also will non-admin mode allow software update/install.

Thanks for your reply.

PeterJones

I am only user using my system and I have the admin privilege as its needed for during my routine work.

Your account can have administrative privileges without running every application in Admin mode.

And, especially with Notepad++ v8.8.7, there is no reason to run Notepad++ “as Administrator”, because anytime that Notepad++ v8.8.6 or newer tries to save a file but doesn’t have permission, it will pop up a UAC, so it will properly save that file. And unless you are editing a lot of files in the Windows hierarchy, Notepad++ shouldn’t actually need UAC permission all that often.

Do I need as different method why installing NP or I can switch to non-Admin mode only in NP, also will non-admin mode allow software update/install.

You actually had to do something special to make it run as Admin. “How to fix it” doesn’t involve re-installing, though it might involve changing one or more shortcuts:

If you have the N++ icon pinned to your toolbar, so that you normally start Notepad++ by clicking its icon on the same bar as the start menu and where the running programs are shown, you can right click on the icon, then right click on Notepad++ in that menu, then choose Properties, which will allow you to edit that shortcut’s properties. Click on Advanced… , and if Run as Administrator is checkmarked, uncheckmark it, then OK a couple times to get it to save.
If you have the N++ icon on your desktop, so that you normally or often start Notepad++ by double-clicking on the desktop icon, you can right click on that desktop icon, choose Properties then Advanced… and if Run as Administrator is checkmarked, uncheckmark it, then OK a couple times to get it to save.
If you usually use the the Notepad++ icon in the Start menu to run Notepad++, then you can right click that icon, Open File Location. In the folder that it pulls up, right click on the Notepad++ icon, choose Properties then Advanced… and if Run as Administrator is checkmarked, uncheckmark it, then OK a couple times to get it to save.
If you usually double-click a file, and Notepad++ gets launched as a result, under normal circumstances, this should not run as Administrator. if it is, I am not sure how to fix it. ~~(I thought there was a similar run-as-admin checkbox for the exe itself, but I cannot see it in the properties or advanced for the exe, so my memory is playing tricks on me)~~

So, if you aren’t able to get it to stop running in the Admin mode: ON (the title bar will also say [Administrator] at the end if it’s admin mode), then let us know which things you tried, and how Notepad++ is normally launched (whether by a shortcut, or double-clicking the file you want to edit, or whether Notepad++ starts when you boot Windows), and maybe someone else will remember how to turn it off for your specific circumstances.

update: Ahh, if you go to the Notepad++ directory and right-click Properties on the notepad++.exe itself, it’s on the Compatibility tab of the dialog; and you can actually find the checkbox there for the shortcuts, too, instead of going to the Advanced… button.

exe properties > compatibility:

shortcut properties > advanced:

shorcut properties > compatibility:

subodhjaiswar

@PeterJones

When my IT admin gave me my laptop with my ID(Domain) configured as part of local administrator group, I just simply install NP++ by downloading from Chrome.
Then I launched from desktop, or Start–>N+±-> Enter
Then I pinned NP++ and every time my laptop restart I launch NP++ from taskbar
For the update I check from site if new version have released I simply download from chrome and install it, and NP++ is updated to latest version.
Since my TP is a single user and no other user I am not sure how to run NP++ with No Admin
Yes the NP++ shows [Administrator]

Please advise on how do I retain my style settings.

Regards,
Subodh Jaiswar

PeterJones

@subodhjaiswar said in Style Configurations Reset After Update:

@PeterJones

When my IT admin gave me my laptop with my ID(Domain) configured as part of local administrator group, I just simply install NP++ by downloading from Chrome.

Being part of the administrator group does not force Notepad++ to run in Admin mode. I have always been part of the administrator group, both on my personal PCs and on my work machines. I do not run Notepad++ as administrator.

Then I launched from desktop, or Start–>N+±-> Enter

Did you look at those shortcuts, as I explained?

Then I pinned NP++ and every time my laptop restart I launch NP++ from taskbar

Did you look at that shortcut, as I explained?

Since my TP is a single user and no other user I am not sure how to run NP++ with No Admin

I gave you detailed instructions on how to look for the “Run this program as an administrator” checkbox, both for shortcuts and for the notepad++.exe executable. You have to find the ones that are checked, and uncheckmark them

Please advise on how do I retain my style settings.

The instructions already given told you the first step. If you ignore the first step, you cannot hope to fix your problem.