<![CDATA[Notepad++ cannot open xml files even with the xml tools plugin installed]]>As title, i have installed the xml tools plugin, but whenever i try to open a xml file with notepad++, windows switches focus to notepad++ but nothing happens. Notepad++ does not open the xml file and there is no error message or anything.

This is with notepad++ 6.9.2.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/14595/notepad-cannot-open-xml-files-even-with-the-xml-tools-plugin-installedRSS for NodeFri, 16 Oct 2026 01:43:21 GMTSat, 07 Oct 2017 14:48:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ cannot open xml files even with the xml tools plugin installed on Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:04:03 GMT]]>@Question2

yes, I can edit xml without a problem.
By disabling plugins I mean rename the …\notepad++\plugins directory so it cannot
find any plugins. Depending on your configuration it is either the one under %APPDATA%\notepad++ or the one under INSTALLDIR\notepad++.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27268https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27268Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ cannot open xml files even with the xml tools plugin installed on Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:34:25 GMT]]>@Claudia-Frank I’ve tried right click->edit with notepad++ and opening the file via notepad++'s file->open menu. Nothing works. There is no error messge, notepad++ simply fails to open the file.

Not sure what you mean by disable plugins…i’ve tried ticking/unticking all the plugins in the plugin manager, and it makes no difference. Are you saying that you can open xml files just fine in notepad++?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27267https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27267Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:34:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ cannot open xml files even with the xml tools plugin installed on Sun, 08 Oct 2017 11:55:12 GMT]]>@Question2

Maybe you wanna describe in detail what you are doing? Right-click on file to start or
start npp and use the file menu to open the file or …
In addition I would give it a try to run notepad++ without plugins to see if a plugin is causing this.
(Temporarily rename plugins directory). Might it be a privilege issue?

Cheers
Claudia

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