Changing into Admin mode removes all changes

Anders Eriksson22 · Sep 4, 2019, 12:50 PM

If I edit a file in e.g. Program files, then when it comes to save it I get an error:

Save failed

The file cannot be saved and it may be protected.
Do you want to launch Notepad++ in Administrator mode?

Answering Yes, will set Notepad++ to Administrator mode AND restore the document to the state it had before I changed it!!!

So I have to start over and make the changes again :-(

Is this a bug, working as designed or do I have have to configure something?

// Anders

Notepad++ v7.7.1 (32-bit)
Build time : Jun 16 2019 - 21:14:50
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF (before I try to save, it is set to ON after I have answered yes to the question…)
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll JSMinNPP.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppTextFX.dll XMLTools.dll

rinku singh · Sep 4, 2019, 2:37 PM

but after admin mode npp open in new instance window did you notice that

dinkumoil · Sep 5, 2019, 10:14 AM

@Anders-Eriksson22

There is a plugin named NppSaveAsAdmin which has been developed especially for your use case. It is available via PluginsAdmin.

Instead of launching a new instance of Notepad++ in admin mode (which causes the data loss you described) it starts code from a companion DLL file in admin mode which saves your document to the desired location.

Anders Eriksson22 · Sep 10, 2019, 10:19 AM

Thanks for the tip of NppSaveAsAdmin . It was not available from the PluginsAdmin, but I downloaded it from SourceForge

Works perfectly!!

One problem less…

// Anders