Notepad++ v8.9.2 Release

Mertsch

🧡 Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into Notepad++

PeterJones

Regression with UDL. See #17520 for details.

Steps to Reproduce

Launch fresh portable v8.9.2
In Language > User Defined Language > Define your language…, set KEYWORDS1 = ABILITYCATEGORY

Paste the following:

ABILITYCATEGORY:Haunted					VISIBLE:QUALIFY
ABILITYCATEGORY:Background / Quirk		VISIBLE:INVISIBLE
ABILITYCATEGORY:Arcane					VISIBLE:QUALIFY

Set Language > User-Defined
Crash

Issue report has NppDump.dmp file.

Same steps work just fine in fresh portable 8.9.1, so it’s a regression in this version.

(This occurred while I was trying to create my reply here – it would crash when I was trying to create the new UDL in v8.9.2, but if I went to v8.9.1 portable, it worked just fine.)

thoralf gerbeth

The “Plugins Admin” menu item is missing from the Plugins menu in version 8.9.2; it is still present in version 8.9.1.

PeterJones

@thoralf-gerbeth ,

It’s there for me. Did you turn off auto-updater when you installed? Because Plugins Admin requires the auto-updater/gup to work

guy038

Hello, @peterjones,

In this post, you said :

Did you turn off auto-updater when you installed? Because Plugins Admin requires the auto-updater/gup to work.

I was rather intrigued by your response !

So, I’ve just done a test with my fresh portable 8.9.2 release and, although the auto-updater is disabled, I still can open the Plugin Admin dialog !?

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Notepad++ v8.9.2   (64-bit)
Build time: Feb 13 2026 - 02:47:53
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.5.8/5.4.6
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: D:\892_x64\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: ON
Cloud Config: OFF
Periodic Backup: OFF
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(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
        0001: DriverVersion - 32.0.101.7077
OS Name: Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version: 25H2
OS Build: 26200.7462
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins: 
    mimeTools (3.1)
    NppConverter (4.7)
    NppExport (0.4)

Best Regards,

guy038

PeterJones

@guy038 said in Notepad++ v8.9.2 Release:

although the auto-updater is disabled,

I didn’t say “disable auto-updater in the Notepad++ preferences”. I said “turn off auto-updater when you installed”. There is a difference. From @xomx’s post in the 8.9 RC announcement discussion:

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If you uncheck the Plugins Admin and Auto-Updater checkboxes, the gup.exe will not be installed, and Plugins Admin will not work. (I know there was a recent conversation and/or issue and/or PR about also having that remove the old gup.exe if it’s unchecked in the installer, but I cannot find it, and cannot remember whether the removal has been implemented yet or not.)

Many people are taking the (misguided, IMO) approach that, because of the recent kerfuffle about the updater website hack, they should disable auto-updater even when installing one of the recent, secure Notepad++. So I am assuming that @thoralf-gerbeth was one of those who didn’t understand that the auto-updater that ships with v8.9.2 is highly secure and is safe to include when installing Notepad++ – if my assumption is correct, then turning off those options in the installer would explain why Plugins Admin isn’t working. If that wasn’t uncheckmarked (or they don’t remember), I was going to follow up with asking for directory listings of the updater subdirectory, and checking windows file properties for the Mark of the Web and what have you, but I thought the low-hanging fruit of “you told the Notepad++ to not install the updater and plugins admin” would be a good first question to ask.

MarkusBodensee

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.9.2 Release:

If you uncheck the Plugins Admin and Auto-Updater checkboxes, the gup.exe will not be installed, and Plugins Admin will not work. (I know there was a recent conversation and/or issue and/or PR about also having that remove the old gup.exe if it’s unchecked in the installer, but I cannot find it, and cannot remember whether the removal has been implemented yet or not.)

It is fixed and implemented in Notepad++ v8.9, see fix for no 3 in the list Commit e89b0be.

Coises

Is anyone else seeing this? Using Notepad++ 8.9.2, x86 or x64, installed version, when I install or remove any plugin through Plugins Admin, Notepad++ is relaunched indicating in the title bar that it is in Adminstrator mode.

This doesn’t happen in 8.9.1.

It may matter that I am on Windows 10 with UAC disabled (because it annoys the hell out of me, yes I know that’s not recommended).

PeterJones

@Coises said in Notepad++ v8.9.2 Release:

anyone else seeing this

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17540

Coises

@PeterJones said in Notepad++ v8.9.2 Release:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17540

Thanks. I should know better… I forgot to search closed issues, not just open ones.