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    Dennis R
    last edited by Apr 28, 2016, 3:37 PM

    I had to “Refresh” Windows 8.1. Supposedly “Refresh” is not supposed to delete ‘data’, just apps. I re-installed notpad++, and it looks like a virgin install. Can I recover my notepad++ files/settings?

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      dail
      last edited by Apr 28, 2016, 3:58 PM

      I guess it depends how Notepad++ was installed. Check in your %APPDATA% directory (no clue where this is under Win8) and there should be several xml files there. If it was installed to save these settings alongside the exe then most likely Windows didn’t know it was “data” that needed saved.

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        Dennis R
        last edited by Dennis R Apr 28, 2016, 6:00 PM Apr 28, 2016, 6:00 PM

        It turns out that “Refresh” saves stuff in C:\Windows.old folder

        So, I copied folder Notepad++
        from
        C:\Windows.old\Users\dennis\AppData\Roaming
        to
        C:\Users\dennis\AppData\Roaming

        Started up Notepad++, and all looks well so far.

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