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    • mkupperM
      mkupper @chicharones
      last edited by

      @chicharones said:

      Believe it or not, I’ve got a windows 2003 machines that I updated with 7.3.3 package.

      The installer runs without issue and upgrades. However, launching notepad++ now triggers two “unknown exception” dialog boxes. I click okay after each. It seems to run fine after that.

      Try disabling the plugins to see if it’s one of those.

      Exit from npp and from a command prompt do:

      cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\plugins"
      md disabled
      move *.dll disabled
      

      Start npp and see if there are issues. If there are none then exit from and start testing by moving DLLs from the disabled sub-folder back into plugins and starting/stopping npp to see if that’s the one that causes the issue.

      I’m using 7.3.3 (23-bit) on Windows 2003 machines with all of the default plugins that npp comes with but it’s possible you have additional plugins.

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      • StarBeat HDS
        StarBeat HD @GlacialManYT
        last edited by

        @GlacialManYT said:

        Thanks for your help Claudia, there was a system problem that I solved. Now all is ok.

        Hello, I have the same problem with the x32 application. You can tell how you solved this problem. Thank you.

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        • AngryGamerA
          AngryGamer
          last edited by

          @donho Can you review PR#3023? I’d like to know if further changes are necessary before I move onto other stuff.

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          • donhoD
            donho
            last edited by

            @AngryGamer said:

            @donho Can you review PR#3023? I’d like to know if further changes are necessary before I move onto other stuff.

            I’ll check this evening (Paris time).

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            • donhoD
              donho
              last edited by

              @GlacialManYT said:

              After the answer, according to me, should be selected the tab of the last opened file (or in phase of opening). Obviously, if I have modified or deleted some files, the questions are one for each file and, at the end of the answers, as said, should be selected the tab of the last opened file (or in phase of opening). That’s all, not so important but useful.

              It’s not the expacted behaviour in Notepad++.
              I just tested under my v7.3.3, each question (dialog) comes with the file in question revealed.
              Have you try to remove all plugins to make sure it’s not a plugin issue?

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              • GlacialManYTG
                GlacialManYT @StarBeat HD
                last edited by

                @StarBeat-HD
                I thought it was an application issue, so, I have made related operations like

                • installation and deep uninstallation of both versions
                • elimination of all references “notepad++” from the registry
                • elimination of all references from the %systemdrive%
                  Therefore, not having solved, I tried to repair the system
                • Malware / Spyware check
                • sfc /scannow (for my OS was unuseful but is not a bad idea)
                • reinstallation of the runtimes only (my OS is always updated and all the .Net are ok, because are continously used by the applications, so, I haven’t checked them)
                  But I solved with the repair of the permissions, I used “Windows Repair Free” made by “Tweaking.com”. I only selected the first 4 “repairs” but, for other cases, is possible that are needed also some other repairs. Good work and good luck…
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                • GlacialManYTG
                  GlacialManYT @donho
                  last edited by

                  @donho said:

                  It’s not the expacted behaviour in Notepad++.
                  I just tested under my v7.3.3, each question (dialog) comes with the file in question revealed.
                  Have you try to remove all plugins to make sure it’s not a plugin issue?

                  Very probable, I reproduced the problem using a 32-bit full version and a 32-bit minimalist, on a 64-bit Win 10 (some days ago, I have noticed the mentioned problem on a 64-bit Win 7, where I want execute the same test). Thanks to this test I noticed that the problem occurs using the full version only. For the full version, I had executed a default installation, I had only selected the italian language. I think this is not useful but, during the test, I executed the minimalist version (ok) from the zip package (by WinRAR) on a OS where is installed the full version (not ok). Have you any suggestion? thanks.

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                  • chicharonesC
                    chicharones @mkupper
                    last edited by

                    @mkupper

                    Thank you for the advice. I disabled all the plugins on the Win 2003 machine and added them back in one by one.

                    The offenders were mimeTools.dll and NppConverter.dll. The machine has been running notepad++ a very long time, so they probably were installed years ago by now.

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                    • donhoD
                      donho
                      last edited by

                      @chicharones

                      The offenders were mimeTools.dll and NppConverter.dll. The machine has been running notepad++ a very long time, so they probably were installed years ago by now.

                      Thank you for the info. What’s the version of notepad++ before the updating of v7.3.3 ?

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                      • chcgC
                        chcg
                        last edited by

                        @donho See https://github.com/npp-plugins/converter/blob/master/vc.proj/NppPluginConverter.vcxproj#L50, for x64 builds not v120_xp is used, but just v120, so for that plugin the x64 version probably has a problem on older machines.

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                        • terablade2001T
                          terablade2001
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                          Today I updated notepad++ to v7.3.3 and I have the problem that file-tabs are always locked! I can’t change anymore the file-tabs’ position when I’m using multi-line tabs. From Settings > Preferences > General > Tab Bar , there is an option “Lock (no drag and drop)” but it seems not to working (either I check it or not, stil I can’t change the order of file-tabs with drag and drop) when multi-line is selected.

                          In this new update, the no 5. is saying: “Improve multi-line tab: maintaining the selected tab position.”, but I think that this was implemented as “disable tabs order changing with drag and drop in multi-line tab”.

                          This means that we lost the option to lock or not the tabs according to our preference (this is a negative for me, because I use multi-line tabs and need to rearrange the tabs to specific positions!).

                          I agree that when we select a tab, it should not change position in multi-line tab mode, but we should be able to re-order their position if we need to!

                          Please check it, and fix it if it’s just a bug.

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                          • AngryGamerA
                            AngryGamer @terablade2001
                            last edited by AngryGamer

                            @terablade2001 There is a fix available, but it’s waiting to be reviewed. See PR#3023 (moved to PR#3075).

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                            • AngryGamerA
                              AngryGamer @terablade2001
                              last edited by

                              @terablade2001 If you want to test PR#3075, GitHub’s AppVeyor integration does automated builds. The binaries are here x86 and x64. You only need the notepad++ binary file (not SciLexer) and then launch it from the notepad++ folder.

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                              • Lucas FowlerL
                                Lucas Fowler
                                last edited by Lucas Fowler

                                I installed NPP, and can run it fine. However, I used the method to replace the Windows 10 built in Notepad by deleting the 3 copies, and copying the NPP .exe into the folders. And when I try to launch it through the Start menu, or by double clicking in one of the system folders, I get a message with the window titled “Certificate checking” and the message says “Check certificate of C:\Windows\System32\SciLexer.dll : Cannot find the requested object.”

                                After clicking ok on that box, another dialogue box titled “Exception On WM_CREATE” says “ScintillaEditView::init : SCINTILLA ERROR - Can not load the dynamic library”

                                I don’t think this will be a showstopper for me, but it might be a bit of a pain, until it’s resolved.

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                                • GlacialManYTG
                                  GlacialManYT @Lucas Fowler
                                  last edited by

                                  @Lucas-Fowler Try to follow the suggestion that I wrote in this page, if I’m not in error, is the problem that I solved in my system. Also others have solved with the same method. I noticed this problem on Windows 10 migrated to Anniversary Edition only.

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                                  • GesusJuiceG
                                    GesusJuice @yarumoSan
                                    last edited by

                                    @yarumoSan The CIA has a workaround for AV and Anti-Malware as well. I’d recommend taking a look into what Vault 7 holds. It’s even re-sparked the Hastings killing.

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                                    • Cain QuigleyC
                                      Cain Quigley @terablade2001
                                      last edited by Cain Quigley

                                      I am getting this same issue as @terablade2001 .

                                      The “Lock (no drag and drop)” option in Preferences doesn’t seem to effect the status of the locked tab bar, regardless of its setting. It is always locked.

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                                      • KO HoK
                                        KO Ho
                                        last edited by

                                        I am trying to use the “Find in this finder” feature in “Find in Files” window in this version to narrow down the search result. There is over 100 hits being found with “Find in files” window, but nothing is found in “Find in this finder” window even the same word is put in “Find what” entry, no matter I tick the “Search only in found lines” box or not. I have no problem with old version v7.1

                                        By the way, Is it possible to create another finder window at the same time to display those lines found in “Find in files” but not found in “Find in this finder” window. I hope this feature can be available very soon. Your consider is highly appreciated.

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                                        • Aleksey  KleninA
                                          Aleksey Klenin
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi guys
                                          At me a problem, in Notepad++ I can not find in adjustments of hot keys Scintilla commands I can not find SCI_VCHOMEEXTEND, Instead, I have a 2-fold SCI_VCHOMEWRAPEXTEND
                                          Do you also?

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                                          • Claudia FrankC
                                            Claudia Frank @Aleksey Klenin
                                            last edited by

                                            @Aleksey–Klenin

                                            sounds you don’t have the latest version, do you?

                                            Cheers
                                            Claudia

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