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    Meta Chuh moderator @pnedev
    last edited by Mar 13, 2019, 1:31 PM

    @pnedev

    Since here we are getting quite a lot “I-cannot-install-plugins” kind of help requests recently perhaps it will be good to make pinned thread

    good idea, i second that.

    This will save us (you mainly as I don’t frequently answer) a lot of time answering the same questions again and again.

    maybe not hyper-frequently in the past, but very active and always very useful as well as productive … and you are more active lately, which i personally encourage and enjoy a lot ;-)

    I suppose if Plugin Install Problems FAQ thread is written Don can pin it so it shows in the very beginning of Help Wanted and Plugins Development.

    @PeterJones , @guy038 and me have started a little brainstorming discussion about that >>> here <<< and guy has some ideas to improvements, which we can do autonomously.
    you are very invited to join with anything that’s on your mind … or just for the fun of it ;-)

    I would also suggest a small addition to Notepad++'s future versions - on startup to check the plugins folder for any DLLs. If such are present to show message saying that those are not supposed to be there and will not be loaded.

    a request for the old plugin manager was submitted.
    Remove the “Plugin Manager” plugin on Notepad++ 7.6.x and above due to incompatibility. #5409
    i chose the removal option, fearing that a message will be clicked away and ignored by many users.

    What do you think?

    i’m completely with you.

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      pnedev
      last edited by Mar 13, 2019, 3:16 PM

      @Meta-Chuh ,

      Thank you, I appreciate your kindness ;)

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        new-mikha @pnedev
        last edited by new-mikha May 2, 2019, 2:22 AM May 2, 2019, 2:21 AM

        @pnedev said:

        …
        If you install plugins manually you need to create separate plugin folder per plugin,
        So you need to have D:\tools\Notepad++\plugins\PluginXName\PluginXName.dll

        Thanks @pnedev , this helped.
        For anyone else who’s got the same problem - notice that the folder name should be exactly the same as the DLL name (as actually mentioned in the quote above)

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          amathub
          last edited by Jun 5, 2019, 8:17 PM

          I had similar issue with the proxy preventing me from installing any plugins. I was able to resolve it by manually creating a gupOptions.xml file with the proxy address. I used the following to help https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/13030/problem-with-set-updater-proxy/5

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            pnedev
            last edited by Jun 6, 2019, 7:55 AM

            @amathub ,

            You can now do it directly from Notepad++.
            Go to the help and about menu - ? and you’ll see Set Updater Proxy ....

            BR

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              amathub @pnedev
              last edited by Jun 19, 2019, 5:28 PM

              @pnedev thanks, I should have clarified that I had a similar issue above that someone else was having where going to the setting “Set Updater Proxy …” would not retain the proxy address. I would set the proxy there, but going back to the setting would show 0.0.0.0 again.

              After manually creating the missing gupOptions.xml file with the proxy address, it would then show up in the “Set updater Proxy …” location. I could then also install plugins after that as well.

              Thought I’d pass the info along to anyone else requiring the use of a proxy that wasn’t sticking in the setting.

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                pnedev
                last edited by Jun 25, 2019, 8:08 AM

                @amathub ,

                Thanks for sharing. I never actually used that just know that the setting is there but never tested if it is working.

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                  Meta Chuh moderator @amathub
                  last edited by Meta Chuh Jun 26, 2019, 1:15 PM Jun 26, 2019, 12:48 PM

                  @amathub

                  it’s necessary to open notepad++ elevated as administrator, due to the permissions required for %ProgramFiles(x86) or %ProgramFiles, to save the changes to e.g. %ProgramFiles(x86)\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml lies.

                  our apologies, if we did not mention this, and that it is a bit confusing, as the proxy settings panel will not throw a permission warning, but just exit without modifying gupOptions.xml.

                  many thanks and best regards.

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                    PeterJones
                    last edited by Jun 26, 2019, 1:14 PM

                    off-topic aside to @Meta-Chuh:

                    %ProgramFiles(x86) or %ProgramFiles … %ProgramFiles(x86)\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml…

                    You seem to be dropping the closing % from Windows variables recently. It should be:

                    %ProgramFiles(x86)% or %ProgramFiles%… %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml…

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                      Meta Chuh moderator @PeterJones
                      last edited by Jun 26, 2019, 1:16 PM

                      @PeterJones

                      thanks, and sorry for the typo.

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                        Joe Sytniak
                        last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 10:07 PM

                        I found that when I had plugins listed in the Plugin Admin’s Update tab, that until I updated those plugins, I could not get a new plugin to install.

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                          jnappo64
                          last edited by Jun 14, 2021, 9:54 AM

                          go to proxy configuration and delete 0.0.0.0

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                            Kang Tri
                            last edited by Nov 10, 2023, 9:13 PM

                            If you cannot install plugins at all, it’s means Notepad++ connection is blocked. Disable all your Firewall and reinstall plugins.

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                              mkupper @Kang Tri
                              last edited by Nov 10, 2023, 10:10 PM

                              @Kang-Tri Firewalls rarely get in the way of plugins. Disabling them as a general practice in an attempt to solve a problem that someone can’t articulate well is bad advice.

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