Download link for old versions is 'wrong'
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Same issue , I have faced during downloading, version of notepad but I’m unable to download it as download link is not working for me, please help
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I’m Waiting for special and valuable response...
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@james-smith-2 ,
You most likely won’t get it. The answer is above in another message from @guy038 . A valid link. I just followed, located, downloaded and then deleted the file. Read the messages. Personal response isn’t needed here.
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All,
Apparently, all the official v6.x downloads pages have links that point to
.../7.x/v6.#.#. None of us regulars apparently bothered to tell Don about this problem, so the links are still wrong two years later.I have created an issue at #11344, so hopefully Don will update those downloads pages.
I’m sorry you had trouble downloading an old version of Notepad++, though as @Lycan-Thrope mentioned, the workaround instructions for downloading the old copy have been visible earlier in this discussion for two years.
However, other than for users like me, who sometimes have to help users who refuse to upgrade their version, I cannot see much reason for downloading a copy that old. Notepad++ v6.9 has nothing going for it that a newer version doesn’t do the same or better. The recent version v8.2.1 is stable, and is highly recommended for all new installations. Do you have a reason for wanting a version that hasn’t been updated since 2016?
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@peterjones said in Download link for old versions is 'wrong':
I have created an issue at #11344, so hopefully Don will update those downloads pages.
Those links are fixed.
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I have been facing serious issues with my phone while downloading it can help me resolve the issue. I’d be very thankful.
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@ron-wis ?
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@william-james Exactly, I have tried to download but facing this issue I don’t why this is happening.
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Which page and link, exactly, do you think is still wrong? Because the links have already been fixed.
Be explicit (urls & screenshots)
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Hi, i am trying to download the older version of notepad but i am unable to download it, as download link is not working for me, please help me out
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It would be good to know which version you want to download from where.
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As the recent “questions” in this discussion have been by users with such “human” sounding names (“Apps” and “News” don’t sound like people to me, to be quite honest), I find it difficult to believe that these are not disingenuous – especially since the posts look like slight rewordings of previous posts earlier in this discussion.
As a result of this topic encouraging many low-quality posts, with recent posters never returning to provide clarification, it is being locked.
For future users: if you are actually having difficulty downloading Notepad++, please create a new topic, and provide information about exactly where this “bad link” is coming from – show the URL and maybe a screenshot of the page that has the bad link, and describe the circumstances that lead you to believe that the link is bad.
If you are one of the aforementioned users and take umbrage to my disbelief, I am sorry; in the future, it may behoove you to choose usernames that don’t sound so spammy, and to provide clarification when requested; if you are still actually having difficulty downloading Notepad++ from official links, the “create a new topic, but with more details” advice in the last paragraph still applies to you.
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P PeterJones locked this topic on May 19, 2022, 1:04 PM