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    • Snabel42S Online
      Snabel42 @donho
      last edited by

      @donho I still have “Edit with Notepad++” after updating existing installation with npp.8.9.8.1.Installer.x64.exe

      Notepad++ v8.9.8.1 (64-bit)
      Build time: Sep 17 2026 - 01:53:48
      Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.6/5.5.3
      Boost Regex included: 1_90
      pugixml included: 1.16
      nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
      Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
      Command Line: “C:\Users\username\Downloads\updated-event.ics”
      Admin mode: OFF
      Local Conf mode: OFF
      Cloud Config: OFF
      WinGUp: present
      disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent
      Periodic Backup: ON
      Placeholders: ON
      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: ON
      Display Info:
      primary monitor: 2560x1440, scaling 100%
      visible monitors count: 2
      installed Display Class adapters:
      0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
      0000: DriverVersion - 32.0.16.1692
      OS Name: Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
      OS Version: 25H2
      OS Build: 26200.9457
      Current ANSI codepage: 1252
      Plugins:
      CollectionInterface (1.3)
      ColumnsPlusPlus (1.3.3)
      ComparePlus (3)
      CSVLint (0.4.9)
      CsvQuery (1.2.9)
      FWDataViz (2.6.7)
      HTMLTag (1.6.1)
      HugeFiles (0.4.1)
      JsonTools (8.5)
      mimeTools (3.1)
      MultiReplace (6.1.0.37)
      NppConverter (4.7)
      NppExport (0.4)
      NppXmlTreeviewPlugin (2)
      PythonScript (2.1)
      Search++ (0.6.5)
      XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

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      • xomxX Offline
        xomx @donho
        last edited by

        @donho
        I still have the “Edit with Notepad++” context menu after this RC installation.

        After running “C:\Program Files\Notepad++\contextMenu>regsvr32 /i NppShell.dll”:

        This is a wrong switch use, /i is not intended for the NppShell, should be only regsvr32 NppShell.dll.

        But I see that there is a significant change in the NppShell.dll export table:

        previous v8.9.8:

        Ordinal   Entry Point   Name
      2   0x0000E690    CleanupDll
      3   0x000055A0    DllCanUnloadNow
      4   0x000055B0    DllGetClassObject
      5   0x00005500    DllMain
      6   0x00005520    DllRegisterServer
      7   0x00005530    DllUnregisterServer
      1   0x00005520    RegisterDll

        RC:

        Ordinal   Entry Point   Name
      1   0x0000E680    CleanupDll
      2   0x00005590    DllCanUnloadNow
      3   0x000055A0    DllGetClassObject
      4   0x000054F0    DllMain
      5   0x00005510    DllRegisterServer
      6   0x00005520    DllUnregisterServer
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        • donhoD Offline
          donho @xomx
          last edited by

          Thank you @snabel42 @xomx for checking.

          This is a wrong switch use, /i is not intended for the NppShell, should be only regsvr32 NppShell.dll.

          Yes indeed, it’s better without /i.

          But I see that there is a significant change in the NppShell.dll export table:

          I just changed the build machine, re-installed VS Studio Community edition from scratch, and re-compiled all the binaries of v8.9.8.1 RC.

          From your table, I see RegisterDll entry is missing.
          I’ll update my VSStudio and re-build NppShell.dll to improve it.

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          • xomxX Offline
            xomx @donho
            last edited by

            @donho said:

            This is a wrong switch use, /i is not intended for the NppShell, should be only regsvr32 NppShell.dll.

            Yes indeed, it’s better without /i.

            /i is for inproc DLL servers having specific DllInstall exported func. That’s why you got that error msg saying that the DLLInstall entry-point was not found, as the NppShell.dll is not designed to use that func.

            I just changed the build machine, re-installed VS Studio Community edition from scratch,

            Do you have any idea what happened there?

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            • donhoD Offline
              donho @xomx
              last edited by

              @xomx said:

              Do you have any idea what happened there?

              I have no old build machine with me currently.
              I’ll let you know tonight when I get home.

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              • donhoD Offline
                donho @xomx
                last edited by donho

                @xomx

                Here’s the old build machine’s state, and it explains why:

                031680d6-3a10-46b9-8a5f-912f5710df9c-image.jpeg

                However, though I know that it was me who did this modification, I don’t remember why.

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                • xomxX Offline
                  xomx @donho
                  last edited by

                  @donho said:

                  Note that I noticed a crash of this RC while I typed “Notepad++” after canceling the save of change.log on “C:\Program Files\Notepad++”. However, I can no more reproduce it.
                  If you guys can reproduce the crash steadily, please report it here.

                  This problem has been fixed in the latest master, thanks to @donho .

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                  • X Offline
                    xmm852003204
                    last edited by

                    Tried the RC this morning. I also don’t see the “Edit with Notepad++” right-click entry after install. Ran the regsvr32 command and hit that exact same DllInstall not found error. Win11 24H2 here.

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                    • donhoD Offline
                      donho @xmm852003204
                      last edited by donho

                      @xmm852003204 said:

                      Tried the RC this morning. I also don’t see the “Edit with Notepad++” right-click entry after install. Ran the regsvr32 command and hit that exact same DllInstall not found error. Win11 24H2 here.

                      Before installing v8.9.8.1 RC, did you uninstall the old version of Notepad++, or you just install RC on a PC without any Notepad++ installation?

                      Which installer did you use?

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                      • donhoD Offline
                        donho @donho
                        last edited by donho

                        FYI:
                        Notepad++ Release Candidate v8.9.8.1 is updated to RC2:
                        https://github.com/donho/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/RC2

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