Notepad++ crashing on startup

Kody James Lynch

So I just updated Notepad++ today and it seems to not be able to open old files that I made. Making new files opens it fine but old ones it freezes then closes. I’m not sure what happened but it just started as soon as I updated notepad++

Ekopalypse

@Kody-James-Lynch

would you mind to explain in more detail what exactly you are doing?
How do you open the files? Which files? Can you post the debug info from ? menu?

Kody James Lynch

I’m simply just opening a lua file with notepad++. This is what happens when I try opening the lua file - https://imgur.com/a/MtEJn7G It stays at a whitescreen like that for a few seconds then closes.

Ekopalypse

@Kody-James-Lynch

but what means open a file?
Using notepad++ menu file->open?
using explorer->right-click on file and chose edit with …
dragging and dropping into running npp?

And what about the debug info which can be found under ? menu?

dinkumoil

@Ekopalypse

Maybe you should write (menu) ? but even this could be unclear to some people.

It`s just another case where >>> this issue <<< comes into play.

Kody James Lynch

Like literally clicking on the lua file itself. It’s already set to open with notepad++. And debugging doesn’t work either. It simply closes when I open the file.

Ekopalypse

@dinkumoil

could be, yes, but, to be honest, if it isn’t clear what I’ve asked for I would assume a
question for clarification from the OP.

Kody James Lynch

ohh okay I see what the debug thing is. This is what it shows
Notepad++ v7.7 (32-bit)
Build time : May 19 2019 - 13:08:20
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : dbgpPlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll GmodLua.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

Ekopalypse

@Kody-James-Lynch

give it a try by doing the following.
Start npp, goto plugins->DSpellCheck and deactivate automatic spell checking.
Stop npp and restest.

Kody James Lynch

Nah doing that didn’t seem to fix it. It’s still doing the same thing. I also tried opening other lua files and those don’t work either. So it seems that I can only open brand new files before I updated notepad++

Ekopalypse

@Kody-James-Lynch

what if you try to open the files via npps menu File->Open?

Kody James Lynch

I tried that as well and it still just crashes.

Ekopalypse

@Kody-James-Lynch

download a zipped npp from here. Extract it to where ever you like and run it.
Try to open a lua file which caused any problem before.
DO NOT install any plugin for this zipped version.
If this works one of the plugins used in your normal installation is not ready
for npp 7.7

Kody James Lynch

Interesting that seemed to work. I might know which plugin is causing this. But thank you for the help!

Віталій Лукіянчук

I have similar issue. Yesterday I worked with notepad++. But today it freezes at start. I didn’t change anything: no system update, no application update. I have 2 users in OS - restricted and admin user. Notepad++ freezes with any of these users.
The only workaround to start it: notepad++.exe -nosession
If it started in such way I can open any of my file via menu File->Open

Starting notepad++ with command -noPlugins causes to freezing too.

Up today my version of Notepad++ was 7.6.6.

So I upgrade it to 7.7 (32bit). And nothing changes - it freezes at start. Only -nosession helps.
I just wonder what may happened with notepad++ overnight?

Віталій Лукіянчук

I just deleted AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml and it seems problem is solved.

PeterJones

@Віталій-Лукіянчук said:

Only -nosession helps.
…
I just deleted AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml and it seems problem is solved.

Glad it works for you now. (My guess is that you had either a file that no longer exists, or a file that does exist, but on a network drive rather than a local drive… By ignoring or deleting the old session, it stopped trying to access that file, and was able to properly load Notepad++.)