unsaved change star symbol
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Some of my opened files are prefixed with a star “*”. As far as I understood it should indicate an unsaved change.
But there’s no unsaved change. Both the “Save” button and the “Save” menu item are greyed out.
Additionally I found out, that depending on the position of the file window the star appears or disappears. This also happens to the non active file windows.
Notepad++ v8.9.3 (64-bit)
Build time: Mar 20 2026 - 00:44:25
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.0/5.4.7
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line: “C:\Users\peter\Documents\CAD\macro001.FCMacro”
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: OFF
WinGUp: present
disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent
Periodic Backup: ON
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DEFAULT (0)
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 100%
visible monitors count: 2
installed Display Class adapters:
0001: Description - Intel® HD Graphics 4000
0001: DriverVersion - 10.18.10.4358
0002: Description - NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
0002: DriverVersion - 22.21.13.8205
OS Name: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version: 22H2
OS Build: 19045.6466
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins:
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MenuIcons (2.0.7)
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConverter (4.7)
NppExport (0.4)
NppSnippets (1.7.1)
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