DBFile=“YOUR-FULL-NOTEPAD-INSTALLATION-FOLDER\plugins\NppSnippets\NppSnippets\Template.sqlite”

So if you installed Notepad++ to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++” then you would add the following line to the end of your \NppSnippets.ini file:

DBFile=“C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\NppSnippets\NppSnippets\Template.sqlite”

please note that your guide about installing NPP Snippets, albeit being correct, will currently only work on notepad++ 7.5.9 and below.
“Plugin Manager” is not compatible with notepad++ version 7.6 and above, as the plugins folder structure has changed.

for example a correct guide to install the Snippets plugin on notepad++ 7.6.2 (32 and 64 bit, installed version, not portable) would be:

• install Snippets using the official, built in Plugins Admin in the notepad++ plugin menu

• open an explorer window and enter following address in the address bar:
  %ProgramData%\Notepad++\plugins\NppSnippets\NppSnippets\

• copy Template.sqlite to %AppData%\Notepad++\plugins\config

• rename Template.sqlite to NppSnippets.sqlite

• restart notepad++

note: the plugin folder structure is in transition, so a guide for 7.6.2 will probably not work on 7.6.3 or 7.6.1 and below

The easiest way to install this plugin is by using the Plugin Manager: from the “Plugins” menu, choose the “Plugin Manager” and “Show Plugin Manager”. Select the “Snippets” plugin and choose “install” and follow the instructions on the screen.

To manually install the plugin, copy NppSnippets.dll to the plugins directory and copy Template.sqlite to the plugins/config directory in the user’s “Application Data” directory and name it NppSnippets.sqlite. On my Windows 7 machine this directory is C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config. Then (re)start Notepad++.

On YouTube you can find a lot of videos showing how to install this plugin manually. The problem is that the copy commands provided in PluginManager’s XML file are buggy.

In the downloaded file there is no folder NppSnippets\SQL. Instead the SQL files are located in NppSnippets directly. The absence of these files after plugin’s installation causes it to fail.

Also the copy commands for the *.html and *.pdf files are superfluous, the downloaded ZIP doesn’t contain files of these types.

Download https://github.com/ffes/nppsnippets/releases/download/v1.4.0/NppSnippets-140-x32.zip MD5: bc30a2ff3af968e66cf7e192cd5b7bb1
Copy from: NppSnippets.dll To: $PLUGINDIR$\ Validate Directory
Copy from: NppSnippets\SQL\*.sql To: $PLUGINDIR$\NppSnippets\SQL Directory
Copy from: NppSnippets\*.html To: $PLUGINDIR$\NppSnippets Directory
Copy from: NppSnippets\*.pdf To: $PLUGINDIR$\NppSnippets Directory
Copy from: NppSnippets\*.sqlite To: $PLUGINDIR$\NppSnippets Directory