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    • Richard WyantR
      Richard Wyant
      last edited by

      I’m using version 7.7.3. It keeps wanting to open C:\Program Files\Notepad++\change.log. I’ve tried:

      • Changing the options in Preferences -> Backup
      • Deleting the file from Windows
      • Deleting the file using File -> Move to Recycle Bin
      • Toggling Preferences -> General -> Recent Files History -> Don’t check at launch time

      It either opens or tries to open change.log. How do I turn this off?

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones
        last edited by

        see for example this thread: you probably pinned the shortcut from your first opening of v7.7.3 – which means the shortcut includes opening the change.log

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        • Andrés ZsögönA
          Andrés Zsögön
          last edited by

          I also went crazy trying to figure this out… the behaviour of Windows’ pin feature is extremely annoying.

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          • Richard WyantR
            Richard Wyant
            last edited by

            That was it. I unpinned it and re-pinned it and it’s fine now. Thank you.

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            • chcgC
              chcg
              last edited by

              See also https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.html, should be fixed in the meantime, also 7.4.1 is on the way, due to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/13820/weird-7-4-issue-unable-to-save-new-files

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