Macro Save/Reload/Where Files

HotBit z80

HI,
How i backup my macro, for after uninstall/reinstall/sysformat…, so I can recharge them after that? Where NPP save my macros? How reload it? I no see menu option for it.

Meta Chuh

welcome to the notepad++ community, @HotBit-z80

on a notepad++ default installation, your macros will be stored at %AppData%\Notepad++ in a file called shortcuts.xml.

copy that file to a usb drive to restore it later.
(best practice is to copy the whole %AppData%\Notepad++ folder, and restore it after a new installation, as it also contains other settings.)

for everything else you would like to preserve, e.g. if you want to clone your complete notepad++ setup, including all plugins, we would need your debug information from the notepad++ menu ? > debug info... > copy debug info into clipboard.

Juan Manuel Carrillo Campos

Hi!,
Uups, I found the shortcuts.xml file, but my macros are not there (just a macro named “Trim Trailing Space and Save” . where are my macros?

Alan Kilborn

@Juan-Manuel-Carrillo-Campos

We would need your “debug info” (see above for how to get it) to be totally sure, but see if there is a shortcuts.xml file in the same folder as your notepad++.exe file. If there is, check it for your macros.

Juan Manuel Carrillo Campos

my debug info:
Notepad++ v7.7 (64-bit)
Build time : May 19 2019 - 13:05:35
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll

Ekopalypse

@Juan-Manuel-Carrillo-Campos

as your local conf mode is off it means that the configuration files are stored
within %AppData%\Notepad++. Did you search there?

Bharath k

@Juan-Manuel-Carrillo-Campos - I had the same issue that you faced, but after i closed notepad ++ then i was able to see the macro updated in shortcuts.xml at location %AppData%\Notepad++ . Hope this helps for others.

PorAhiViene Pepe

You may need to search in C:\Users\<localaccount>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++
Will be listed there, as shortcuts.xml with this format,

    <Macro name="MACRONAME" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
        <Action type="0" message="2013" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
   </Macro>

PeterJones

@PorAhiViene-Pepe said in Macro Save/Reload/Where Files:

C:\Users\<localaccount>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++

Please note: that assumes a standard Windows setup. One can tell Windows to place that folder in a different location. The environment variable %AppData% 🛈 encodes the right path for the ...\AppData\Roaming folder, so %AppData%\Notepad++, like @Ekopalypse said a couple years ago, and @Bharath-k said a few months back, is going to access the right spot, no matter how Windows is configured, and without having to edit the path: you can just paste %AppData%\Notepad++ into the Windows Explorer or File>Open address bar, and always get to the right place