It automatically creates backups of my files, don't know how to deactivate the option
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Oh no, people are going to come on the forum to ask how to disable auto-backup.
/world ends.
Isn’t this proof in itself, that people don’t RTFM if they need to come ask how to disable auto-.baks and that they weren’t even aware that NotePad++ contains a backup system that can work as such?
I guess that’s a second positive to it being enabled by default - it makes the user aware of its existence and thus allows them to learn about an important aspect of the software they might otherwise never know about.
In response to the one reasonable, rational, and logical user in this thread - @Lycan-Thrope , I’m actually not a coder. I needed to edit my primary software settings beyond what is offered in the program which is done by editing some .xmls - the size of the .xmls was crashing Windows Notepad so I did a quick search for a free line code editor, found NotePad++, and immediately began the work I needed to do as I didn’t have time to RTFM
It wasn’t mission critical work, just some nerdy pass time diy tweaking. If it was mission critical, or a client project… more care would have been taken. So, it was only a small nuisance that was easy to do over though did take some time I would have rather spent reading a new book before bed.
Coming from numerous modern currently developed professional softwares, that do have an auto-.bak protocol enabled by default, I was interested that the software didn’t have the option enabled by default - what is the point of a backup system that is not enabled?
I made a more in-depth post here, don’t mind the tonality - it’s directed at the cry babies crying about a “cry baby”:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22217/what-is-backup-in-notepad-context-let-the-flames-raise-high/11The only reasonable thing stated in that linked thread, is that their should be a ‘limit’ feature, that limits that amount of .baks per project. This is how it works in the other professional software I use, I think the default is 5 or 10, but the user can change it.
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is there a Fix because when i Run “Windows 10 - Reset and Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places.BAT” i not sure why… as it reset the Backup back to default “Simple backup” so is there a way to stop reset to Original “Simple backup” and KEEP it to “Backup NONE”
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It is impossible for us to know why a batch file called “Windows 10 - Reset and Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places.BAT” would reset your Notepad++ settings – though my guess is that it is maliciously or foolishly deleting some or all files in
%AppData%without explaining itself to the user. I would highly recommend not using batch files you don’t understand, especially if you don’t know or remember where they came from.As for how to fix Notepad++ once its settings have been corrupted: you can change the settings in the same way as when Notepad++ first gets installed: go into Notepad++'s Settings > Preferences > Backups, and change it to NONE. After that, as long as you don’t run batch files that delete config files and don’t uninstall Notepad++, Notepad++ should honor your NONE setting, even after upgrades.
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@peterjones
It a cleanup of Multiple of the History and like each time you open WinRAR so on Taskbar there a multiple of History and so onhere is where i got it from here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3476-reset-clear-recent-items-frequent-places-windows-10-a.html
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I have been using Notepad++ for 13+ years now. On a new laptop, I downloaded the latest version and found that EVERY file I saved after editing, it created the backup.
This is a very bad decision to make this feature a default for a lot of reasons. What other application makes a backup file in the user’s directory? Office creates temp ones and cleans them up. That is intrusive and very assumptive that that behavior will be accepted and welcomed. It is not and I hope this will be undone in the near future. If a user wants this feature, they are the ones to search for this, not EVERY other user that isn’t expecting this. The users will now be wasting their time trying to understand HOW the file got there, what the differences in the files are, and if it is safe to delete. If I want a backup, I will create one.
Notepad++ should be a simple tool out of the box, and an advanced tool for those that want to enable other features and utilize the incredible library of plugins to manage advance features. Not the other way around.
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@dennis-mz said in It automatically creates backups of my files, don't know how to deactivate the option:
This is a very bad decision
It’s been rethought by the Notepad++ devs and has been returned (in 8.3.1) to how you are used to having it.
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Congratulations. You have now seen what many other users have complained about, and which has been changed back in the newly-announced v8.3.1.
Unfortunately (from your perspective), since you have installed the program on a fresh laptop with the automatic .bak, , that setting has now been saved in your preferences file. Which means you have the task of going to Settings > Preferences > Backup and clicking the radiobutton next to
Noneto change that laptop to not do backup-on-save. And with that step, you are now back to the state you were used to on previous installations.However, given that you’re thinking about it, I would use now to audit your entire data integrity plan – backups, automatic saves, revision control, and the like – to make sure that you will never find yourself in the situation where you will lose data. A good place to start is the Periodic Backup vs AutoSave Plugin FAQ… a well-configured AutoSave Plugin will help you prevent data loss. (edit: sorry, didn’t see your portion about saving plugins for advanced users. if you don’t want to use the plugin, you don’t have to.) But, most importantly, however you do it: “Save early, save often.”
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@alan-kilborn Thanks. Great to hear. I love the product and appreciate the quick feedback.
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@peterjones This is great feedback about the plugins. I feel most users “don’t know what they don’t know” about the capabilities of Notepad++. I encourage users of all skillsets to get it and discover its features. Most want an editor better than notepad.exe but not too complicated. Others like me have vetted plugins and use their features daily. I will look into this one.
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I wasn’t going to respond, but let’s start with at least one language that I know of, since the original inception of the Big 3 desktop applications, dBASE does it. Most software does it, to some extent and gives you the option to turn it off. NOT the other way around.
I am amazed at the power users who don’t RTFM, but then quip other users should RTFM, and try to evicerate anyone that dares look at life differently than themselves.
So be it. Notepad.exe does not come with anything but word wrap, cut, copy, paste, a generic find and replace capability, and a time/date insertion macro.
You folks want a programmer’s editor, without paying for it, like we did with Multi-Edit, and several others from days gone by, in what is essentially supposed to be a Notepad.exe replacement. The fact that it is quite good at it, freeware, is a nice thing. To expect it to cater to your’s and only your point of world view to the exclusion of others that you can’t understand, is arrogance. But. cie la vie. You guys seem no better than the cranky old dudes you wanted to replace because they couldn’t learn to do things more modern…and here you are, still crying because someone changed your brain dead default. You installed a new installation, what did you think was going to happen? RTFM and RTRN.
Rant over.
Lee
