"Please wait while Windows configures Notepad++" triggered by right click in File Explorer

Frank Overman

Hi - Weird problem here.

A few times a day, every day, when I right-click a file in Windows 7 File Explorer it triggers:
“Please wait while Windows configures Notepad++”

If I let it run, the installer with throw the message:
“Error 123. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.”

Anyone ever heard of this? Any ideas? It’s one mosquito I’d like to swat.

more details …

I’ve constantly had Notepad++ open as a “scratchpad” for … years. This behavior has been going on some part of this year. Don’t remember just when it began.

When I right click in File Explorer, one option in the context menu is Edit with Notepad++ (maybe this is standard? don’t remember).
The problem happens with two different mice or the track pad.

It’s not something I can reproduce on command. It happens when it happens.
I’ve never bothered to log when it happens, but just started a log.

Currently using v 7.3.3 32 bit. What else… Plugins installed

JSON Viewer 1.24 (Just removed - we’ll see.)
MIME Tools 2.1
NppExport 0.2.8
Plugin Manager 1.4.9
Spell-Checker 1.3.3 (which I’ve never gotten working)

(When I removed JSON Viewer and N++ restarted, it prompted me to update JSTool from 1.21 to 1.21.1, which I just did.)

Thanks - Frank

cipher-1024

Hi Frank. I would uninstall/reinstall and see if that helps with your context menu issue. If that doesn’t help, I would log in under a different user and see if the problem is attached to your profile.

Frank Overman

Hi - Thanks for the reply.

@cipher-1024 said:

Hi Frank. I would uninstall/reinstall and see …

I did that just now. We’ll see.

Earlier this morning I right clicked on an html file in MyDocuments, and it happened again. (The PC was on all night, locked, with File Explorer windows open. First time I right-clicked on a file it happened. Wonder if it’s a once a day thing?)

Again, I let the config run to conclusion to see what it was doing. This time it threw a different error at the end:
“Error 1316. The specified account already exists.”

Again, this was *before *the uninstall/reinstall, so we’ll see what happens. Thanks!