Notepad++ 7.6.1

donho

I cannot install any plugins in 7.6.1.
I load plugin admin, select the plugin I want, and choose install.

It tells me the program will need to be restarted.
I select ok, and then it closes, and launches a UAP prompt.
I approve that, and then the updater tells me there’s an updated version of Notepad++

If I say yes, it tries to install 7.5.9.
If I say no, it closes and does nothing further.

Upon manually reopening, the plugin I selected is NOT installed.

Your Gup.exe is the old version. Update it from the installer will remedy your problem.

donho

@dinkumoil said:

I tested in a VM to install Notepad++ as a normal Windows user. I found that it is only possible to update the plugin list when logged in as an administrator.

It’s not been done yet. I’ll modify NTFS folder’s right for %PROGRAMDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\Config\ in order to be able to update nppPluginList.dll in the future release.

Furthermore I was faced with crashes of Notepad++ when terminating it. Also various plugins I installed via Plugin Admin caused a crash. It stops after I have installed the NppFTP plugin. The reason was that this plugin creates the directory %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config which did not exist after installation of Notepad++.

I would say: It’s time for a new release. :-(

That’s for sure. However, any suggestion for the remedy of crash?

dinkumoil

@donho said:

However, any suggestion for the remedy of crash?

As I already wrote:

A solution for that issue would be that Notepad++ itself checks the existence of plugins\config and creates them if they are missing.

A Former User

On Windows XP I’m getting this error when I want to install, or update a plugin with Plugins Admin

link text

Debug info:
Notepad++ v7.6.1 (32-bit)
Build time : Dec 12 2018 - 01:24:22
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows XP (32-bit)
Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

Should I fill out a bug report?

A Former User

Please can somebody tell me how to post an image? I copied the link but the image is not shown, only the link . . .

Thanks.

PeterJones

same syntax, but with a ! before it: ![link text](https://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/19/99/80/82/untitl13.jpg):

A Former User

OK, first of all sorry for the spam. Now I got it all. I will write down my problem again with details and a screenshot.
On Windows XP, Plugins Admin can not be used to install or update a plugin. When I try to install or update a plugin the following error message pops up:

Here is the debug info of my installed Notepad++:

Notepad++ v7.6.1 (32-bit)
Build time : Dec 12 2018 - 01:24:22
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows XP (32-bit)
Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

Should I fill out a bug report for this?

P.S.
Thanks PeterJones I already got it.

dinkumoil

@KantorZsolt

This bug has already been reported, see here.

patrickdrd

does the plugin manager work in 7.6.1?

I’m running v7.6.1 portable and it doesn’t work for me, “No new plugins available”,
I actually deleted it because I thought that it was replaced by the new plugins admin,
what could I do?

Eko palypse

@patrickdrd

I’m running v7.6.1 portable and it doesn’t work for me

correct, currently it is only added to the msi package but you can make it work with the portable version.
Here is what I did

downloaded https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.6.1/npp.7.6.1.bin.x64.7z
downloaded https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.6.1/npp.7.6.1.Installer.x64.exe
extracted the 7z into folder C:\temp\761
opened the exe with 7zip and

extracted the folder updater into c:\temp\761 as well
extracted nppPluginList.dll to folder C:\temp\761\plugins\Config

Start npp and you should see the plugins Admin… under plugin menu.

Eko

patrickdrd

yes, I had read about this and the plugin admin is working,
I was asking about the previous plugin manager,
should we delete that?

Eko palypse

I would say this is up to you but if there is a
builtin plugin manager I don’t see a fair chance for the
former plugin manager that it will survive for long.
My 2 cents.

Eko

Eko palypse

Just tested it, if you treat the former plugin manager in the same way
as the new plugins, meaning, creating a folder PluginManager under
plugins directory and copy PluginManager.dll into it, it is available.

But, obviously doesn’t work as expected in terms of installing plugins.

Eko

patrickdrd

yes, it only lists the plugins, nothing more

Eko palypse

@patrickdrd

correct, how should it know about the new folder structure.
One thing which might be useful is to use it to download the plugins
which aren’t migrated yet. Create the directory, copy the downloaded plugin - done - hopefully.

Eko

donho

@pnedev said:

As far as I remember, you mentioned adding SHA computing functionality next to the MD5 in the Tools sub-menu (now that the Plugin Admin validates the plugins by SHA). Am I mistaken?

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/647651b7eed7b6349f2f4f98639e9517f0c189e5

pnedev

@donho ,
Great, thanks a lot!

donho

@dinkumoil said:

@
As I already wrote:

A solution for that issue would be that Notepad++ itself checks the existence of plugins\config and creates them if they are missing.

Fixed in https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/a079013c22512cfd212dff3a76bbf39b0a7a4224
Could you confirm if this bug is fixed for you?

dinkumoil

@donho said:

Could you confirm if this bug is fixed for you?

Where can I download a debug build of Notepad++? The AppVeyor build of the commit above and the commit before have failed, no artifacts available.

donho

@dinkumoil
It’s been fixed.
Otherwise you can download x86 release build here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/temp/notepadpp.zip