Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release

Graham Norris

@Graham-Norris This may be the original surce for that trick: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a

Jerry CRC

For Me installing NPP 8.5.2, the context menu only appears for the user who installed NPP. If I log into the same computer after installing/upgrading to v8.5.2 from 8.5.0 the second user does not have the context menu.

Jerry CRC

@Jerry-CRC Here is the debug info from the user that does not see the context menu

Notepad++ v8.5.2 (64-bit)
Build time : Apr 4 2023 - 19:55:32
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 22621.1413
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExport (0.4)

donho

@Jerry-CRC
Please uninstall your Notepad++ then install the following package of your choice:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/MISC/nppShell.TEST16/

Your issue should be fixed in these binaries.

Thomas Böhmer

@donho

I had the same problem as @Jerry-CRC . Simply installing over the old version of http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/MISC/nppShell.TEST16/ did not work. Uninstall old version and install version from http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/MISC/nppShell.TEST16/ and the menu is there!

Jerry CRC

Same as @donho. Installing on top of v8.5.0 I still had no menu. Still no menu after a reboot too. After uninstalling and re-install 852TEST16 I have a menu with the second user.

AdventurerKun

@donho
the ability to open a document in notepad++ on windows 11 has disappeared if the old mouse menu is installed, this item does not exist in this version

David Taylor

We use SysPrep to build WIM images for redeployment of the OS. We’ve included NotePad++ for years, but got the following message with 8.5.2:

SYSPRP Package NotepadPlusPlus_1.0.0.0_neutral__7njy0v32s6xk6 was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users. This package will not function properly in the sysprep image.

I downloaded 8.4.9 instead, and had no problem. I didn’t try the versions in between.

donho

@David-Taylor
Not sure if it’s new context menu issue, but could you try the packages:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/MISC/nppShell.TEST20/

If it is, the binaries above may fix your problem.

Edit: I’ve create the concerning issue here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppShell/issues/29

Graham Norris

@AdventurerKun Have you done a registry update to make Windows 11 use Windows 10 style context menus? (See my previous post.)

swegmike

when I select check for updates in notepad, it always says there is no update even when I see here that there is a new update to download and install.
I must manually download from this forum area and install manually on windows 10.

PeterJones

@swegmike ,

Automatic update isn’t triggered for every release, as is explained in the user manual. Until auto-update is triggered for a version, Notepad++'s ? > Update Notepad++ won’t see a new release as available.

The URL https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/getDownloadUrl.php shows that the last auto-update trigger was for v8.4.8, which means that for various reasons, Don has not triggered auto-update on any version since v8.4.8 (usually because bugs/regressions that Don has deemed too critical to trigger the auto-update). (That URL comes from c:\program files\Notepad++\updater\gup.xml or equivalent for your installation; the updater uses that URL, then if there is a newer version, grabs the <Location> to use for grabbing the most recent installer.)

The next version that Don feels is stable enough will have auto-update triggered, and when that happens, then (and only then) will a check for updates show available updates. When he does this, Don usually posts an update message in the “Announcement” thread: see, for example, the most recent auto-update in v8.4.8 Release topic, where he said, “FYI: Auto-update for v8.4.8 has been triggered.” If you haven’t seen that message from Don in a given “Announcement” topic, then that version hasn’t been triggered yet.

windvane

“Edit with Notepad++” context menu is still missing in Win7x64

PeterJones

@windvane said in Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release:

“Edit with Notepad++” context menu is still missing in Win7x64

As it says here, Win7 is in the “can be run but not supported” status.

But honestly, in Win7, it’s super-easy for you to manually edit the registry in a single location and have it add “Edit in Notepad++”:

go to HKCU\Software\Classes\*\Shell (for just you) or HKLM\Software\Classes\*\Shell (for “all users”) – if it doesn’t exist, create the Shell key under *
create Key under Shell called MyNotepad++
- set value called (Default) to Edit with Notepad++
create Key under MyNotepad++ called command
- set value called (Default) to "c:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1" (yes, include those quote marks!)

After exiting the regedit, you may have to log out and log back in, or maybe even reboot. But after that, you should have Edit with Notepad++ in your Windows 7 Context Menu.

windvane

@PeterJones Thank you.

Hammerfest

@donho
I replied in the github as well since I had the issue occur as well

The test build did not resolve the issue, sysprep generalize fails, aborts operation cannot be completed until issue is resolved.

Gittyperson

Since the last couple of updates, the context menu entry on Windows 10 has vanished. I am talking about the direct Notepad++ context menu single entry, not the Windows Open With submenu entries.

I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling NPP, running the installer as admin, sfc /scannow, re-registering file associations within NPP. Nothing works, and that useful entry does not appear any more.

Windows 10 22H2 x64 (19045.2846)

PeterJones

@Gittyperson said in Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release:

Since the last couple of updates, the context menu entry on Windows 10 has vanished.

It was tested on Win 10 before release, and it worked there. So something weird must be going on.

But as I told the Win7 user a couple posts above, as a workaround, doing the registry edit above will give you an “Edit with Notepad++” entry which works in every Windows before Windows 11.

Gittyperson

@PeterJones, thanks. I tried something else first, which worked.

As before, fully uninstalled NPP
Installed 8.4.9, instead of going directly to 8.5.2
Context menu entry appeared
Updated to all subsequent versions (8.5, 8.5.1, 8.5.2)
Context menu entry remained.

Can’t say what caused this. Could be related to the recent context menu changes. Or not.

Gittyperson

@PeterJones It disappeared again, for no apparent reason. I tried your registry tip and it worked, but lacked the green npp icon next to it. Don’t know if that’s expected or part of this whole context menu issue. I also got two entries at some point, one with the icon and another without.

Uninstalled everything again, reinstalled 8.4.9 (again, proper entry appears immediately after install as expected) and will stick with it for now to see what happens.