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    • andrecool-68A
      andrecool-68
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      Notepad++ I have been using for a long time.

      I have this happens on all versions of Notepad++

      I downloaded NPP.7.6.2 and the problem has not passed.

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      • cubedjC
        cubedj
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        same thing can sometimes happen If you change the delay for the tooltips under the 100ms (default 400ms) through Windows registry or quite a lot of management-suites for Windows includes those settings (f.e. Windows 10 Manager from Yamicsoft)

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        • andrecool-68A
          andrecool-68
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          How to disable these tooltips in Windows 7?

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          • andrecool-68A
            andrecool-68 @Meta Chuh
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            @Meta-Chuh
            Please help how to inform the author of the program to solve my problem.

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            • andrecool-68A
              andrecool-68
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              Hiding a toolbar is not a solution to the problem.

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              • Meta ChuhM
                Meta Chuh moderator @andrecool-68
                last edited by Meta Chuh

                @andrecool-68 said:

                @Meta-Chuh
                Please help how to inform the author of the program to solve my problem.

                you did not report what happens if you boot into safe mode (f8) and test notepad++.
                this is important to know.

                you can try to submit a request here:
                https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues
                but it will not be possible to find the cause, because no one of the devs and regulars can reproduce this problem, as it is not related to notepad++ but to a combination with your system.
                if a developer would haveexperienced the same problem it would be fixed already.

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                • andrecool-68A
                  andrecool-68 @Meta Chuh
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                  @Meta-Chuh
                  It was the same in safe mode.

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                  • andrecool-68A
                    andrecool-68
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                    Everyone is asking what the reason is… No one can determine it
                    Some fiction turns out
                    https://ru.stackoverflow.com/questions/928801/%D0%9D%D0%B5-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B5-notepad
                    https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/5200

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                    • andrecool-68A
                      andrecool-68 @Meta Chuh
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                      @Meta-Chuh said:

                      @andrecool-68 said:

                      @Meta-Chuh
                      Please help how to inform the author of the program to solve my problem.

                      you did not report what happens if you boot into safe mode (f8) and test notepad++.
                      this is important to know.

                      you can try to submit a request here:
                      https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues
                      but it will not be possible to find the cause, because no one of the devs and regulars can reproduce this problem, as it is not related to notepad++ but to a combination with your system.
                      if a developer would haveexperienced the same problem it would be fixed already.

                      How do know the cause of this hallucination?

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                      • Meta ChuhM
                        Meta Chuh moderator @andrecool-68
                        last edited by Meta Chuh

                        @andrecool-68

                        i’m sorry if i upset you, it was not my intention.
                        its just very hard to get someone to look into an issue if it is difficult to reproduce, but i might have used the wrong words.

                        i’ve read at the “stuck at administrator” thread, that you have reinstalled windows 7 x64 instead of x32.
                        did it solve or improve your flickering cursor problem ?

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                        • andrecool-68A
                          andrecool-68 @Meta Chuh
                          last edited by

                          @Meta-Chuh said:

                          @andrecool-68

                          i’m sorry if i upset you, it was not my intention.
                          its just very hard to get someone to look into an issue if it is difficult to reproduce, but i might have used the wrong words.

                          i’ve read at the “stuck at administrator” thread, that you have reinstalled windows 7 x64 instead of x32.
                          did it solve or improve your flickering cursor problem ?

                          It just happened again. I watched what was in the task manager (QTranslate, Google Chrome, Notepad ++, Everything)
                          closed QTranslate and the disappearance was gone, Notepad ++ was open at this time.
                          Maybe the reason is the QTranslate translator?

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                          • PeterJonesP
                            PeterJones
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                            @andrecool-68 ,

                            If you close QTranslate and the problem goes away, then you should try a few more loops to confirm: start the translator, see if Notepad++ flicker comes back, then stop it again. If it’s highly repeatable that it flickers when QTranslator is running and does not flicker without the extra application, then it’s likely the way that QTranslator is interacting with Notepad++ – in which case, the issue might be in either application, or be a subtle interaction of settings in both.

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                            • andrecool-68A
                              andrecool-68 @PeterJones
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                              @PeterJones said:

                              @andrecool-68 ,

                              If you close QTranslate and the problem goes away, then you should try a few more loops to confirm: start the translator, see if Notepad++ flicker comes back, then stop it again.

                              That’s the only thing left to do …(;

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                              • Meta ChuhM
                                Meta Chuh moderator @andrecool-68
                                last edited by Meta Chuh

                                @andrecool-68

                                Maybe the reason is the QTranslate translator?

                                sidenote to @PeterJones answer, which happened to be almost the same as the one i’ve just been typing for the last minutes but deleted it as i was slower due to trying to choose the phrases that can be translated unambiguously with qtranslator ;-) :

                                if you find out that qtranslate was the cause, please share it, and if you have time, please do not hesitate to help other community members if they experience a similar problem or any other problems that may interest you.

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                                • andrecool-68A
                                  andrecool-68
                                  last edited by

                                  Perhaps this option makes the problem?
                                  But I often need this option in the translator.

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                                  • PeterJonesP
                                    PeterJones
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                                    Since it seems to be QTranslate that’s causing Notepad++ to flicker:

                                    1. You should update https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/5200 to indicate what you’ve learned
                                    2. You might want to open a ticket with QTranslate – I think they’d probably have a vested interest in making their product work with as many GUI applications as possible. Besides, I think the default assumption will be “since Notepad++ only flickers when QTranslate is interfering, then it’s QTranslate’s problem, not NPP”. My guess is the QTranslate team would be able to debug whether it’s their problem, and if not, might know where to look for the problem on Notepad++ end.
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                                    • andrecool-68A
                                      andrecool-68
                                      last edited by

                                      It takes time to prove the guilt of QTranslate, perhaps this is a temporary coincidence.

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                                      • Meta ChuhM
                                        Meta Chuh moderator @andrecool-68
                                        last edited by

                                        @andrecool-68

                                        It takes time to prove the guilt of QTranslate, perhaps this is a temporary coincidence.

                                        you are a very good and thoughtful tester, i like 👍

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                                        • andrecool-68A
                                          andrecool-68
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                                          When the cursor blinks again, I killed the “QTranslate” process in the task manager. This did not solve the problem.

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                                          • PeterJonesP
                                            PeterJones
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                                            That is unfortunate, but has not yet completely eliminated QTranslate (QT) as the culprit: QT may have put Notepad++ (NPP) into a state where it will continue to blink, even when QT is not running.

                                            The next experiment I would suggest: After NPP has started blinking, and after killing QT, exit normally from all instances of NPP, then rerun NPP (without re-running QT). Is it blinking right away? If not, after hours of running NPP without QT, does it start blinking? If not, then it it is probably QT causing the issue If it does eventually blink even without QT actively running, there is one more action to completely eliminate QT: do a reboot, and make sure QT is not run at all after the reboot (if it automatically runs after a reboot, you’ll need to disable that feature temporarily), and run NPP; if NPP starts blinking after a reboot when QT has not been run at all, then QT cannot be the culprit.

                                            If you are convinced that QT is not the culprit, it’s time for more debugging. Skimming back through the history, I see earlier that you say you only use the portable version… but you never really answered whether you have any plugins (the portable version can still use plugins). It may be that you have a plugin that is interfering. Showing us the result of the ?-menu, Debug Info, Copy debug info into clipboard will show if there are any plugins. Also, you can run notepad++.exe -noPlugin to ensure that you aren’t loading plugins.

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