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    • Dennis BareisD
      Dennis Bareis
      last edited by

      I am trying to start the editor from the command line and use the “-nosession” switch.

      That seem to do nothing, but I have a second issue in that I can’t see a switch to not load previous files (if notepad++ is not already open).

      If I specify a file AND notepad++ is not running I don’t want a session prefix in the title bar and I don’t want previously loaded files loaded (single tab open). If it is already running I want a new tab added.
      Can notepad++ do this?

      I have hardly used Notepad++ so I could be doing something wrong. I may have downloaded plugins that I don’t remember.

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse @Dennis Bareis
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        @Dennis-Bareis

        I’m using the -nosession flag constantly and it works for me.

        If I understand correctly, then setting prefereces->multi-instance to default and uncheck preferences->Backup->remember current session for next launch should do what you want.

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        • PeterJonesP
          PeterJones @Dennis Bareis
          last edited by PeterJones

          @Dennis-Bareis said in -nosession Switch on CmdLine Used, session still loaded:

          I don’t want a session prefix in the title bar

          You mention a session prefix. Notepad++ doesn’t do that natively. Are you using the Session Manager plugin? Because that plugin has a session-prefix option (Show in title bar). If you are using that plugin, then I doubt that the plugin obeys Notepad++'s -nosession command line option. Unfortunately, the author of that plugin has abandoned it, and other than someone bumping from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 to support 64bit Notepad++, no one has adopted the plugin, so there’s little chance of getting a new feature added anytime soon.

          addendum: the Session Manager documentation is still hosted here, if you want to learn more about the settings.

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @Dennis Bareis
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            @Dennis-Bareis said in -nosession Switch on CmdLine Used, session still loaded:

            I may have downloaded plugins that I don’t remember.

            Well, of course there is any easy way to show yourself (and others) your plugins. Looking at your Plugins menu is one way, example:

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            And going to the ? menu and choosing Debug Info is another way:

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            It will give you something that looks like this:

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