remove notepad starter entirely

bo reddude

Double clicking on txt file opens notepad++ instead of notepad. I only use notepad++ for tradingview related coding and a few others, and this has been a big annoyance for me.

This started with the latest update, I think? I don’t remember allowing this change to occur on my computer. And I ran the batch file notepad starter github posted, but it did nothing. Changing the file association within the notepad++ is not allowed and is greyed out with no way to edit it. Uninstalling the notepad starter plugin using plugin admin does nothing.

Setting the files association by right clicking in windows and using “always use this app for this file” doesn’t work either.

This is the worst update ever.

What’s the solution to getting back to where it was. I just want the file association for the notepad++ to remain to only those extensions that I made up (*.pine for pine script). And I want the *txt to be associated with the windows notepad.

Alan Kilborn

@bo-reddude said in remove notepad starter entirely:

Double clicking on txt file opens notepad++ instead of notepad.
This started with the latest update, I think?

Notepad++ doesn’t do this by default.

I don’t remember allowing this change to occur on my computer.

Hmm, well, we here can’t fix your faulty memory.

This is the worst update ever.

Hmm, bold.

bo reddude

@alan-kilborn said in remove notepad starter entirely:

Notepad++ doesn’t do this by default.

then why is it doing it?

Alan Kilborn

@bo-reddude said in remove notepad starter entirely:

then why is it doing it?

Because YOU set it up to do it, at some point in the past on your system.

bo reddude

@alan-kilborn

maybe you’re not supposed to be here. because you’renot understanding what’s being written.
i did not set up my computer to do this. i’ve had notepad++ since i got this computer back in 2019. i’ve used notepad++ since 2005.

i didn’t make any changes to notepad++.

i cannot make notepad++ undo this. nothign i’ve tried undoes what it did which using the notepad++ to open the txt files.

can you fix this or not? do i just uninstall notepad++?

Alan Kilborn

@bo-reddude said in remove notepad starter entirely:

do i just uninstall notepad++?

Yes.

bo reddude

@alan-kilborn

well aren’t you just a genius. stop replying to people’s posts

mpheath

@bo-reddude said in remove notepad starter entirely:

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This started with the latest update, I think? I don’t remember allowing this change to occur on my computer. And I ran the batch file notepad starter github posted, but it did nothing.
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It may seem like it did nothing, though I guess it did do something like adding entries into the Image File Execution Options registry key. Usually used by debuggers, It is probably setup so that notepad.exe actually runs notepad++.exe instead.

A batch-file named NotepadStarterUninstall.bat should exist in the plugins directory. It is probably run when the plugin in uninstalled, else run this script as admin to uninstall to remove the registry entries and undo the other things it has done.

bo reddude

@mpheath

ok that uninstaller batch worked. thank you.

kiroizo oscar

@bo-reddude said in remove notepad starter entirely:

Double clicking on txt file opens notepad++ instead of notepad. I only use notepad++ for tradingview related coding and a few others, and this has been a big annoyance for me.

This started with the latest update, I think? I don’t remember allowing this change to occur on my computer. And I ran the batch file notepad starter github posted, but it did nothing. Changing the file association within the notepad++ is not allowed and is greyed out with no way to edit it. Uninstalling the notepad starter plugin using plugin admin does nothing.

Setting the files association by right clicking in windows and using “always use this app for this file” doesn’t work either.

This is the worst update ever.

What’s the solution to getting back to where it was. I just want the file association for the notepad++ to remain to only those extensions that I made up (*.pine for pine script). And I want the *txt to be associated with the windows notepad.

Faced this this week after I had too many plug-ins working and too many files open in notepad++, it was taking too long to open.
Uninstalled the plug in, deleted its .exe and just used wintools to clean its remnants from the registry.