Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 Release

donho

Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 Release is available here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v8191-released/

(The critical bug-fixes are in highlight)

Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 bug-fixes and new enhancement:

Fix a regression of saving problem. (Fix #10751)
Fix a regression of reloading false alarm from the network drive. (Fix #10688, #10753, #10757)
Make Function list/Project panel/Folder as Workspace icon display correct under high DPI. (Implementation)
Make UDL generic dark mode (working for all dark theme) possible via UDL UI. (Implement #10738)
Fix phantom docked panels issue after restoring from systray. (Fix #10512)
Enable backup on save (simple) feature by default (only for the new installation). (Implement #10725)

Notepad++ v8.1.9 bug-fixes:

Fix empty file with non-Unicode encoding cannot be saved issue. (Fix #10699)
Fix language list in Style Configurator not being reloaded issue. (Fix #9512)

Notepad++ v8.1.8 bug-fixes:

Fix config files (XML) saving performance regression. (Fix #10678, #10674)
Workaround Microsoft dark mode API bug of Windows 11. (Fix #10510)

Notepad++ v8.1.7 bug-fixes:

Fix empty file not being saved regression. (Fix #10667)
Fix white flash in dark mode on CMD launch with position parameters. (Fix #10657)
Enhance dark themes for some programming languages (JSON, Python & Makefile). (Fix #10648)
Fix “Run macro until the end of file” command skipping the last line issue. (Fix #10441)
Fix tooltip layout and position in RTL mode. (Fix #10646)
Fix docking problem for dockable panel in RTL mode. (Fix #10641)

Notepad++ v8.1.6 bug-fixes:

Fix NUL file-corruption issue after system shutting down brutally. (Fix #6133)
Fix session lost issue after MS update restarting Windows. (Fix #10402)
Make Markdown UDL work in every dark theme. (Fix #10593)
Fix file can be marked as saved even it’s been deleted outside. (Fix #10401)
Fix status bar text display glitchy in dark mode. (Fix #10564)
Fix white flash on Notepad++ startup in dark mode issue. (Fix #10601)
Fix docked window sizing direction problem in RTL mode. (Fix #10536)
Fix floating panel movement issue in RTL mode. (Fix #10579)
Fix print GUI bug in Preferences dialog. (Fix #10552)
Fix file erased on save issue when there is no free space left on disk (Fix #5664)

cliffporterx

If you have the Hex Editor plugin installed (x64 version), it is still prompting to disable the plugin on each update although the plugin has since been updated since the original issue a few versions back when it caused a crash at startup.
Is it possible for that flag to version check the Hex Editor version installed so it won’t disable it if it is the more recent supported version? It looks like the current published version 0.9.10 doesn’t have this issue anymore as the old version did, which was last updated on August 29, 2021. (I believe the version that was crashing it before was the older 0.9.5.19 version)
https://github.com/chcg/NPP_HexEdit/releases

Original crash issue since fixed:
https://github.com/chcg/NPP_HexEdit/issues/36

Drica Almeida

In Windows 10 21H2 dark mode not work

Johnny998

I can confirm the above commenter’s issue, it also started happening after I updated to 21H2 today. Also 8.1.9.1.

donho

@johnny998 & @Drica-Almeida

My Windows 10 pro version is 21H1 and it marked “You’re updated” on Windows Update.

How can I get 21H2?

donho

@cliffporterx said in Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 Release:

Original crash issue since fixed:
https://github.com/chcg/NPP_HexEdit/issues/36

The crash issue is here:
https://github.com/chcg/NPP_HexEdit/issues/51

AFAICT, it’s not fixed.

Johnny998

@donho Try using the Update Assistant tool.

Howard Lee Harkness

I just installed 8.1.9.1, and now, whenever I try to run it, it tells me there is an update available. If I tell it to download, it tries to uninstall my current installation and install the one for the other word size, IOW, if I have 64-bit installed, it uninstalls that and installs the 32-bit version – and if I have 32-bit version installed, it uninstalls that and installs the 64-bit version.

If I tell it NOT to download any updates, it just exits, and won’t run Notepad++ at all.

donho

@howard-lee-harkness

Where have you downloaded your Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 release?

guy038

Hi @don-ho,

Personnaly, opening my recent Win 10 laptop, last night ( after three weeks, managing and sorting a lot of photos on my old Win XP computer ! ), a lot of updates were correctly done and I got this screen :

As you can see, there a paragraph which tells me about Mise à jour de fonctionalités vers Windows 10, version 21H2 and to click on the Télécharger et installer link to download and install this version ! Note that I have not installed it, yet because I don’t know if this version is a migration to Windows 11, itself or not !?

Now, if you do not see this paragraph, just click on the Afficher les mises à jour facultatives link : this time, you should see, again, this choice :

Here is my present Windows 10 Pro version :

Best Regards,

guy038

donho

@guy038
Congrats for upgrading to the modern OS, and thank you for your solicitating - I am now on 22H2 and can reproduce the bug.

@johnny998 & @Drica-Almeida
I’ve created the issue here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/10810
and fix it:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/dc082ba2fd5135386f578994e98a279692022182

The fix will be in the next release.
Thank you for your report!

Jacob Watkins

I just updated and am running into a seemingly correct, but annoying behavior (as I see it). I used Notepad++ to edit a log file of the game Factorio while it is running, the file factorio-current.log. Now every time I save an edit, Notepad++ says “This file cannot be saved and it may be protected. Do you want to launch Notepad++ in Administrator Mode?”. Re-launching in admin does not allow me to make edits to the file. I can confirm the game has not been changed.

After testing a bit, Word, Wordpad, and Notepad all respect the file lock, but Notepad++ used to not. Is there a way I can go back to the old behavior without having to stay with an old version? I don’t care if it’s the “wrong” way to handle this situation.

Jacob Watkins

@jacob-watkins ,turns out it’s fixed in the next version (which is experimental I think?). I follow the link for “Fix a regression of saving problem. (Fix #10751)” and from trying 8.1.9.2, the behavior is back to what it used to be.

vediamoseeutile

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.1.9.1 Release:

(The critical bug-fixes are in highlight)

Hi, i don’t know what kind of issue are you refering to but i would like report a regression issue. Since 8.1.6 (more o less) it is not possibile highlight strings that are part of a bigger string.

for example the string TOT_CONTRIBUTO_UE_ADEGUAMENTI if i selects the “TRI” part and trying to use a “style token” to highlight the same string in the whole document, it wont highlight nothing.
Before that release i was able to use that property (very often).

I’m using Windows 10 20H2 and v8.1.9.1

Thanks.

Alan Kilborn

@vediamoseeutile

If you would read the release notes when you update to a new version, or consult the user manual, you’d see that what you are talking about is now governed by new settings:

donho

@jacob-watkins
Where did you get v8.1.9.2 ?

Jacob Watkins

@donho Well it’s too late now, but there’s a link to the github above and on the release notes page, and the discussion included a link to test versions / a server download folder.