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    • Meta ChuhM
      Meta Chuh moderator @pnedev
      last edited by

      @pnedev

      Since here we are getting quite a lot “I-cannot-install-plugins” kind of help requests recently perhaps it will be good to make pinned thread

      good idea, i second that.

      This will save us (you mainly as I don’t frequently answer) a lot of time answering the same questions again and again.

      maybe not hyper-frequently in the past, but very active and always very useful as well as productive … and you are more active lately, which i personally encourage and enjoy a lot ;-)

      I suppose if Plugin Install Problems FAQ thread is written Don can pin it so it shows in the very beginning of Help Wanted and Plugins Development.

      @PeterJones , @guy038 and me have started a little brainstorming discussion about that >>> here <<< and guy has some ideas to improvements, which we can do autonomously.
      you are very invited to join with anything that’s on your mind … or just for the fun of it ;-)

      I would also suggest a small addition to Notepad++'s future versions - on startup to check the plugins folder for any DLLs. If such are present to show message saying that those are not supposed to be there and will not be loaded.

      a request for the old plugin manager was submitted.
      Remove the “Plugin Manager” plugin on Notepad++ 7.6.x and above due to incompatibility. #5409
      i chose the removal option, fearing that a message will be clicked away and ignored by many users.

      What do you think?

      i’m completely with you.

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      • pnedevP
        pnedev
        last edited by

        @Meta-Chuh ,

        Thank you, I appreciate your kindness ;)

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        • new-mikhaN
          new-mikha @pnedev
          last edited by new-mikha

          @pnedev said:

          …
          If you install plugins manually you need to create separate plugin folder per plugin,
          So you need to have D:\tools\Notepad++\plugins\PluginXName\PluginXName.dll

          Thanks @pnedev , this helped.
          For anyone else who’s got the same problem - notice that the folder name should be exactly the same as the DLL name (as actually mentioned in the quote above)

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          • amathubA
            amathub
            last edited by

            I had similar issue with the proxy preventing me from installing any plugins. I was able to resolve it by manually creating a gupOptions.xml file with the proxy address. I used the following to help https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/13030/problem-with-set-updater-proxy/5

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            • pnedevP
              pnedev
              last edited by

              @amathub ,

              You can now do it directly from Notepad++.
              Go to the help and about menu - ? and you’ll see Set Updater Proxy ....

              BR

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              • amathubA
                amathub @pnedev
                last edited by

                @pnedev thanks, I should have clarified that I had a similar issue above that someone else was having where going to the setting “Set Updater Proxy …” would not retain the proxy address. I would set the proxy there, but going back to the setting would show 0.0.0.0 again.

                After manually creating the missing gupOptions.xml file with the proxy address, it would then show up in the “Set updater Proxy …” location. I could then also install plugins after that as well.

                Thought I’d pass the info along to anyone else requiring the use of a proxy that wasn’t sticking in the setting.

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                • pnedevP
                  pnedev
                  last edited by

                  @amathub ,

                  Thanks for sharing. I never actually used that just know that the setting is there but never tested if it is working.

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                  • Meta ChuhM
                    Meta Chuh moderator @amathub
                    last edited by Meta Chuh

                    @amathub

                    it’s necessary to open notepad++ elevated as administrator, due to the permissions required for %ProgramFiles(x86) or %ProgramFiles, to save the changes to e.g. %ProgramFiles(x86)\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml lies.

                    our apologies, if we did not mention this, and that it is a bit confusing, as the proxy settings panel will not throw a permission warning, but just exit without modifying gupOptions.xml.

                    many thanks and best regards.

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                    • PeterJonesP
                      PeterJones
                      last edited by

                      off-topic aside to @Meta-Chuh:

                      %ProgramFiles(x86) or %ProgramFiles … %ProgramFiles(x86)\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml…

                      You seem to be dropping the closing % from Windows variables recently. It should be:

                      %ProgramFiles(x86)% or %ProgramFiles%… %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\gupOptions.xml…

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                      • Meta ChuhM
                        Meta Chuh moderator @PeterJones
                        last edited by

                        @PeterJones

                        thanks, and sorry for the typo.

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                        • Joe SytniakJ
                          Joe Sytniak
                          last edited by

                          I found that when I had plugins listed in the Plugin Admin’s Update tab, that until I updated those plugins, I could not get a new plugin to install.

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                          • jnappo64J
                            jnappo64
                            last edited by

                            go to proxy configuration and delete 0.0.0.0

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                            • Kang TriK
                              Kang Tri
                              last edited by

                              If you cannot install plugins at all, it’s means Notepad++ connection is blocked. Disable all your Firewall and reinstall plugins.

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                              • mkupperM
                                mkupper @Kang Tri
                                last edited by

                                @Kang-Tri Firewalls rarely get in the way of plugins. Disabling them as a general practice in an attempt to solve a problem that someone can’t articulate well is bad advice.

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