<![CDATA[Can I recover my notepad++ files/settings?]]>I had to “Refresh” Windows 8.1. Supposedly “Refresh” is not supposed to delete ‘data’, just apps. I re-installed notpad++, and it looks like a virgin install. Can I recover my notepad++ files/settings?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11711/can-i-recover-my-notepad-files-settingsRSS for NodeSun, 16 Aug 2026 17:10:48 GMTThu, 28 Apr 2016 15:37:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can I recover my notepad++ files/settings? on Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:00:38 GMT]]>It turns out that “Refresh” saves stuff in C:\Windows.old folder

So, I copied folder Notepad++
from
C:\Windows.old\Users\dennis\AppData\Roaming
to
C:\Users\dennis\AppData\Roaming

Started up Notepad++, and all looks well so far.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15700https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15700Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:00:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can I recover my notepad++ files/settings? on Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:58:45 GMT]]>I guess it depends how Notepad++ was installed. Check in your %APPDATA% directory (no clue where this is under Win8) and there should be several xml files there. If it was installed to save these settings alongside the exe then most likely Windows didn’t know it was “data” that needed saved.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15696https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15696Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:58:45 GMT