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    • Dave ManningD
      Dave Manning
      last edited by

      Under Settings > Preferences > Recent Files History the “Max. number of entries” box will not save any change.
      OS - Win7 Pro
      I set it to three different numbers and each time it remains at ‘15’.
      I have uninstalled and reinstalled.
      I wish to set it to ‘0’.
      How to solve this issue?

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      • Claudia FrankC
        Claudia Frank @Dave Manning
        last edited by

        @Dave-Manning

        as it is working for me I have to assume that either your installation is somehow corrupt
        or you don’t have proper rights to do it.

        Can you post your debug-info? (available under ? menu)

        Cheers
        Claudia

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        • Dave ManningD
          Dave Manning
          last edited by

          Uninstalled 7.5.1 x64 because no plugin manager.
          Installed 7.3.3 for plugin manager and textfx.
          Checked permissions and have full control as admin and as user.
          Debug info:

          ===
          Notepad++ v7.3.3 (32-bit)
          Build time : Mar 8 2017 - 03:37:37
          Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
          Admin mode : OFF
          Local Conf mode : OFF
          OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
          Plugins : HTMLTag_unicode.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll

          Thanks for your assistance.

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          • Claudia FrankC
            Claudia Frank @Dave Manning
            last edited by

            @Dave-Manning

            can you give it a try to

            • stop npp
            • rename %APPDATA%\notepad++ directory
            • start npp

            Cheers
            Claudia

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            • Dave ManningD
              Dave Manning
              last edited by Dave Manning

              @ Claudia Frank
              I assume you meant %APPDATA%\Roaming\notepad++ directory or %APPDATA%\Local\notepad++ directory - as there is no %APPDATA%\notepad++ directory
              Renaming both solved nothing.
              I have completely uninstalled Notepad++ - including deleting all directories in %APPDATA%\Roaming, %APPDATA%\Local and Program Files X86 - three times, with absolutely no ability to change the Recent Files History Max Number.
              And the most recent update changed nothing either.

              The small pop-up window with the “max files” comes up
              I can change the number - both by typing in and using count arrows - but when I close the window, the number remains at 10.

              Is there another avenue to try, such as a registry key?

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              • Claudia FrankC
                Claudia Frank @Dave Manning
                last edited by Claudia Frank

                @Dave-Manning

                Sorry, was pretty confident that it is %APPDATA%\notepad++,
                but could be that my memory plays a trick on me.
                It’s been a while since I’ve used windows.

                As far as I know, no, npp doesn’t save this in the registry instead
                it uses different config files. The one in question is config.xml.

                And the line is

                <History nbMaxFile="10" inSubMenu="no" customLength="-1">
                

                From your debug-info output it should be the one under %APPDATA% as the
                Local Conf mode is OFF but just to be sure, check the one under C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++ as well.

                Cheers
                Claudia

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