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    • Mark KentwellM
      Mark Kentwell
      last edited by

      Thanks George, the re-installation option worked for me too! Now if they could fix the memory-leak (or similar) when you scroll too fast this would be brilliant!

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      • Guillermo LubaryG
        Guillermo Lubary
        last edited by

        Yes, uninstall and reinstall worked for me too. It’s pretty fast.

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        • hugh jackmanH
          hugh jackman
          last edited by hugh jackman

          no need to uninstall and then reinstall
          Find in files tab , check/select In all sub-folders

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          • pinchiesP
            pinchies
            last edited by pinchies

            While @hugh-jackman 's suggestion is also good advice for common PEBCAK sufferers, in this case I had the same problem and that did not work for me.

            Fortunately, thanks to some sneaky comparison with WinMerge.exe I found the cause:

            In ~/Appdata/Roaming/Notepad++/config.xml

            <GUIConfig name=“DockingManager” leftWidth=“200” rightWidth=“200” topHeight=“200” bottomHeight=“0”>

            Change the bottomHeight value from 0 to 200 and you’ll get the file search results back :-)

            P.S would like to see a future collab between Notepad++ & WinMerge…

            FYI There’s also a typo in the config file
            useCustumDir=“no”

            Notepad++ v7.6.3 (64-bit)
            Build time : Jan 27 2019 - 17:16:47
            Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
            Admin mode : OFF
            Local Conf mode : OFF
            OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
            Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll

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            • PeterJonesP
              PeterJones
              last edited by

              @pinchies,

              There is a plugin for Notepad++ called the Compare plugin (v2.0.0 is available thru the Plugins > Plugins Admin interface in your Notepad++ v7.6.3). Not having used WinMerge, I don’t know the ins-and-outs of WinMerge’s feature set; however, the Compare plugin will highlight differences, allow you to jump between them, and you can easily copy data from one to the other, so it has a lot of similar features to other comparison tools, like gvimdiff, TortoiseSVN’s Diff, and presumably WinMerge. If you want file-comparison features inside the Notepad++ environment, that’s what I’d recommend.

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              • Bob BoisvertB
                Bob Boisvert
                last edited by

                I get the same behaviour, last two weeks

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                • PeterJonesP
                  PeterJones
                  last edited by

                  @Bob-Boisvert said:

                  I get the same behaviour, last two weeks

                  I assume you mean the same behavior as that described 3 years ago: am I right? If so, what version are you using? Are you using the ancient version mentioned then? Or a more recent? You can use the ? menu, Debug Info > Copy debug info into clipboard and paste it in your reply.

                  Are your actual symptoms identical to those described 3 years ago, or just vaguely similar? Please describe exactly what goes wrong with you, in a way that we can try to replicate.

                  Did you try the steps mentioned above (ie, uninstall and reinstall)? Did it work for you? If not, what else have you tried?

                  TL;DR:

                  If you want help, you need to give more information. The things I asked above will help us help you, otherwise the best answer we can give is “you’re likely doing something wrong, because it works for us.”

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @Bob Boisvert
                    last edited by

                    @Bob-Boisvert said:

                    same behaviour, last two weeks

                    If you haven’t switched N++ versions in this time period, or maybe even if you have, I have wagering money that you have one of the find option checkboxes checked that you never had before you began having trouble.

                    But an EIGHT word description of your problem isn’t going to get you much.

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                    • Nick KatN
                      Nick Kat
                      last edited by

                      same thing has just happened.
                      I’ve never updated the notepad++ since the original installation.
                      In just few hours FileSearch just stopped working. Reopening doesn’t help, didn’t try laptop restarting yet
                      Here’s debug info
                      Notepad++ v7.7.1 (32-bit)
                      Build time : Jun 16 2019 - 21:14:50
                      Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                      Admin mode : OFF
                      Local Conf mode : OFF
                      OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
                      Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Nick Kat
                        last edited by

                        @Nick-Kat said in Find in Files not working:

                        In just few hours FileSearch just stopped working.

                        You’re going to have to say more about what you mean by “stopped working”

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                        • Greg gilchristG
                          Greg gilchrist
                          last edited by

                          Had the same issue. Started about 2 weeks ago.

                          Cause: Config file “DockingManager” BottomHeight is set to “0”. and should be “200”

                          I tried updating it and restarting but the change would get reverted automatically.

                          I Was able to get it working doing the following:

                          1. Go to ~/Appdata/Roaming/Notepad++
                            2, Rename the Config file to Config.old
                          2. Restart Notepadd++
                            The Config file will be recreated an Search will start working.

                          Hope this helps.

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                          • Jose RosasJ
                            Jose Rosas
                            last edited by

                            I fixed the issue just picking the edge of the lower pane and dragging it up. This is the same changing the bottomHeight value from 0 to anything.

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