How can I get settings from the cloud

Claus Martinez

Hello,

I have a PC1 where I enabled cloud settings “Set your cloud location path here”.
Now I have a PC2 and I’d like to retrieve settings from the cloud. I verified that PC2 has a location where all Notepad settings are present: backup folder, config.xml, contextMenu.xml, langs.xml, shortcuts.xml, stylers.xml.
When I set the cloud location on PC2 and I restart Notepad++ then nothing happens. The settings don’t seem to take effect.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Claudia Frank

Hello @Claus-Martinez

I have a PC1 where I enabled cloud settings “Set your cloud location path here”.

and you did set the path didn’t you?

Now I have a PC2 and I’d like to retrieve settings from the cloud. I verified that PC2 has a location where all Notepad settings are
present: backup folder, config.xml, contextMenu.xml, langs.xml, shortcuts.xml, stylers.xml.

What does this mean?

When I set the cloud location on PC2 and I restart Notepad++ then nothing happens. The settings don’t seem to take effect.

You set the same path as on PC1 didn’t you?

Theoretically it must be like this

Setup the cloud service like dropbpx, google drive etc…
PC1 make sure you have write access to the cloud service setup in step 1 by using windows explorer
PC1 click set you cloud location path here and put in the path you set up in step 1
close npp and check if folder notepad++ and config files have been created in cloud service
start npp on PC2 and set the cloud path as you did on pc1 (step 3)
restart npp on PC2

If this doesn’t work, describe what you did exactly.

Cheers
Claudia

Claus Martinez

Hi Claudia,

Here are my answers:

@Claudia-Frank said:

Hello @Claus-Martinez

I have a PC1 where I enabled cloud settings “Set your cloud location path here”.

and you did set the path didn’t you?

Yes I did.

Now I have a PC2 and I’d like to retrieve settings from the cloud. I verified that PC2 has a location where all Notepad settings are
present: backup folder, config.xml, contextMenu.xml, langs.xml, shortcuts.xml, stylers.xml.

What does this mean?
It means that the cloud path on PC2 was ready to use. The files and folders were already present before setting up npp.

When I set the cloud location on PC2 and I restart Notepad++ then nothing happens. The settings don’t seem to take effect.

You set the same path as on PC1 didn’t you?
Yes, same path.

Theoretically it must be like this

Setup the cloud service like dropbpx, google drive etc…

PC1 make sure you have write access to the cloud service setup in step 1 by using windows explorer

PC1 click set you cloud location path here and put in the path you set up in step 1

close npp and check if folder notepad++ and config files have been created in cloud service

start npp on PC2 and set the cloud path as you did on pc1 (step 3)

restart npp on PC2

If this doesn’t work, describe what you did exactly.
I originally followed exactly the 6 steps you mentioned. On PC1 I have certain family font selected. On PC2 (after setting the cloud path) the desired font is never shown.

Cheers
Claudia

Claudia Frank

Hello @Claus-Martinez,

I finally got it managed to setup an environment to test this.

Ubuntu server with samba setup
Windows 7 x64
Windows 10 x64

Ubuntu server

I created a share accessible for read/write

Windows 7

mapped share as drive z:
started npp and set cloud path z:
stopped npp
restarted npp -> no obvious problem

Checked on Ubuntu server that config files have been created, which was the case.

Windows 10

mapped share as drive z:
started npp and set cloud path z:
stopped npp
restarted npp

and voila theme changed, files which are opened in windows 7 got opened
as well.

I even tried to map share as x: on windows 10 which was working as well.

So, from my point of view it is working as expected.

Cheers
Claudia