Cannot Change Recent Files History Count

[Dave Manning]

Under Settings > Preferences > Recent Files History the “Max. number of entries” box will not save any change.
OS - Win7 Pro
I set it to three different numbers and each time it remains at ‘15’.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled.
I wish to set it to ‘0’.
How to solve this issue?

[Claudia Frank]

@Dave-Manning

as it is working for me I have to assume that either your installation is somehow corrupt
or you don’t have proper rights to do it.

Can you post your debug-info? (available under ? menu)

Cheers
Claudia

[Dave Manning]

Uninstalled 7.5.1 x64 because no plugin manager.
Installed 7.3.3 for plugin manager and textfx.
Checked permissions and have full control as admin and as user.
Debug info:

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Notepad++ v7.3.3 (32-bit)
Build time : Mar 8 2017 - 03:37:37
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
Plugins : HTMLTag_unicode.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll

Thanks for your assistance.

[Claudia Frank]

@Dave-Manning

can you give it a try to

• stop npp
• rename %APPDATA%\notepad++ directory
• start npp

Cheers
Claudia

[Dave Manning]

@ Claudia Frank
I assume you meant %APPDATA%\Roaming\notepad++ directory or %APPDATA%\Local\notepad++ directory - as there is no %APPDATA%\notepad++ directory
Renaming both solved nothing.
I have completely uninstalled Notepad++ - including deleting all directories in %APPDATA%\Roaming, %APPDATA%\Local and Program Files X86 - three times, with absolutely no ability to change the Recent Files History Max Number.
And the most recent update changed nothing either.

The small pop-up window with the “max files” comes up
I can change the number - both by typing in and using count arrows - but when I close the window, the number remains at 10.

Is there another avenue to try, such as a registry key?

[Claudia Frank]

@Dave-Manning

Sorry, was pretty confident that it is %APPDATA%\notepad++,
but could be that my memory plays a trick on me.
It’s been a while since I’ve used windows.

As far as I know, no, npp doesn’t save this in the registry instead
it uses different config files. The one in question is config.xml.

And the line is

<History nbMaxFile="10" inSubMenu="no" customLength="-1">

From your debug-info output it should be the one under %APPDATA% as the
Local Conf mode is OFF but just to be sure, check the one under C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++ as well.

Cheers
Claudia