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    • Alan KilbornA
      Alan Kilborn @Zach Mayfield
      last edited by

      @Zach-Mayfield said:

      and I had to wait 20

      There is no editing of postings, except for those with super-powers.

      You should have no 20-minute delay now if you want to post further. That delay is a safeguard against scum-of-the-earth spammers.

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
        last edited by

        @Zach-Mayfield

        would you mind showing us your debug-info?
        Is available under the ? menu.

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        • Zach MayfieldZ
          Zach Mayfield
          last edited by

          Notepad++ v7.6.6 (64-bit)
          Build time : Apr 3 2019 - 23:52:32
          Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
          Admin mode : OFF
          Local Conf mode : OFF
          OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
          Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin.dll

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones
            last edited by

            @Zach-Mayfield said:

            Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll PoorMansTSqlFormatterNppPlugin.dll

            I wonder if your problem is caused by the plugins. Could you try exiting Notepad++ and re-running using the notepad++.exe -noPlugin command line argument? (Alternatively, you could temporarily rename your C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins subfolder to C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins.disabled, and then re-run notepad++ normally).

            When you disable plugins in one of those two manners, does it still crash on you?

            If it still crashes, then the problem is with how Notepad++ interacts with your system, and someone with better crash-debug skills than I have will have to jump in. (I say “with your system”, because there are plenty of people here who have been using 7.6.6 for a month without such crashes.)

            If it doesn’t crash when you’ve disabled plugins, then it’s (probably) one of the plugins that’s causing the problem, and we can help you though the steps of narrowing down which plugin it is that’s causing your instability.

            Either way, let us know, and we can then help you with the next-steps.

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            • Zach MayfieldZ
              Zach Mayfield
              last edited by

              Peter,

              Thank you for that. I took the changing the folder to .disabled and it still caused the issue. I went as far as doing the notepad++.exe -noPlugin option as well, and still, same results :(

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              • Zach MayfieldZ
                Zach Mayfield
                last edited by

                Also, is there a way to correct the behavior that is displaying the ACK when trying to use the control key again? Having to close out completely is a pain…

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                • PeterJonesP
                  PeterJones
                  last edited by

                  @Zach-Mayfield ,

                  Unfortunately, I’m not good at debugging crash issues… especially ones I haven’t seen.

                  I’m hoping one of the others will be able to help you through debugging this.

                  Sorry.

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                  • Meta ChuhM
                    Meta Chuh moderator @Zach Mayfield
                    last edited by

                    @Zach-Mayfield

                    please try a separate portable version of notepad++, to see if an absolutely clean and isolated notepad++ would work on your system.

                    • download the notepad++ 7.6.6. 64 bit portable version from >>> here <<<.
                      (the portable version does not require any installation and runs completely independent and isolated from your installed version. all custom settings, as well as any stuff you might want to try at the portable version, will not modify your installed version)

                    • extract npp.7.6.6.bin.x64.zip to your desktop.
                      (copy npp.7.6.6.bin.x64.zip from your download folder to your desktop, right-click on it, select extract all from the explorer context menu, and press extract to extract it to a folder called npp.7.6.6.bin.x64)

                    • important note: make sure to close all instances of notepad++ that might be running, before starting the portable version at the next step, to be sure you are using the portable version for this test.

                    • open the extracted npp.7.6.6.bin.x64 folder and start this portable version by double-clicking on notepad++.exe inside this folder.
                      (note: notepad++.exe will just be seen as notepad++, if you have enabled to hide all known file extensions at your explorer settings)

                    • retry with e.g. conducting a find all in current document search and closing your find result panel again.

                    does this portable version work as expected ?

                    best regards.

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                    • Zach MayfieldZ
                      Zach Mayfield
                      last edited by

                      Meta,

                      I’m still getting the error message in that version as well… Let me know what else you may need to figure out why this is happening. I appreciate it!

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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                        last edited by

                        @Zach-Mayfield

                        is this a normal Windows 10 installation?
                        Meaning, it does NOT run under some virtualization environments like VirtualBox, Qemu, VirtualPC etc… ?
                        What kind of mouse do you use?
                        Did you install some mouse related driver software?

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                        • Zach MayfieldZ
                          Zach Mayfield
                          last edited by

                          Standard Windows 10 install on a dell laptop. I had Logitech software for my mouse installed, but removed it to eliminate that as an issue, but I’ve had that installed for months.

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                          • EkopalypseE
                            Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                            last edited by

                            @Zach-Mayfield

                            could you try to resize the find result window and NOT to close it?
                            Does the error happen again?

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                            • Zach MayfieldZ
                              Zach Mayfield
                              last edited by

                              Resizing does the same thing. I can click within it and scroll through the find window. But if I touch anything involving the title bar of the find window, the error comes up.

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                              • EkopalypseE
                                Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                                last edited by

                                What happens if you double click the title bar, to make it floating?

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                                • Zach MayfieldZ
                                  Zach Mayfield
                                  last edited by

                                  If I double tap, I can close and move around without a problem. I can re-dock it and I don’t have the problem. If I close it out, go back in and generate the find window docked, the error is there again. I did use the portable one for testing.

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                                  • EkopalypseE
                                    Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                                    last edited by

                                    @Zach-Mayfield

                                    I’m wondering, does this also happen when you are using two views and resize them?
                                    Or any other docked window other than the find in result window?

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                                    • Zach MayfieldZ
                                      Zach Mayfield
                                      last edited by

                                      Dual views are fine. I did get the same error with functions list, that docked on the right. However, I got the error after trying to move the window after double clicking on it to undock it.

                                      Document Map behaved when docked, but not after undocking it😔

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                                      • EkopalypseE
                                        Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                                        last edited by Ekopalypse

                                        @Zach-Mayfield

                                        By any chance, did you recently update/upgrade any driver (any, not only mouse driver) or antivirus software?

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                                        • Zach MayfieldZ
                                          Zach Mayfield
                                          last edited by

                                          No recent software updates. Antivirus is updated regularly by our IT department. Several others use notepad ++ and they haven’t been having this problem. And they would have the same updates I would have.

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                                          • EkopalypseE
                                            Ekopalypse @Zach Mayfield
                                            last edited by

                                            @Zach-Mayfield

                                            running out of ideas and it is already 01:00 here.
                                            If no one else finds the culprit, I try thinking about it after a good sleep :-)
                                            One last question for now, all the tests were done with the portable version, right?

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