Need command to restart Notepad ++
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@Meta-Chuh
And how is such a combination of two code variants … does it violate the laws of criminal law?<Command name="Restart" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">cmd /c taskkill /f /im notepad++.exe && start notepad++.exe</Command> -
You have to escape the
&characters to be compliant with the XML syntax:<Command name="Restart" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">cmd /c taskkill /f /im notepad++.exe && start notepad++.exe</Command>But why do you want to do that? It is not necessary to explicitly launch
cmd.exesincetaskkillis a console command, hencecmd.exeis started automatically. Or, to be exact,taskkillis started and attached to a new console.EDIT: Forget what I wrote above, you want to start Npp after terminating the running instance, thus you need to call
cmd.exe. -
@dinkumoil I just want to get the most minimal code.
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Ah, now I understand your point, you erased the
FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR\part of @Meta-Chuh 's code.Well, I would say you are lucky that it works without the full path to Npp. I guess currently Npp sets its own path as the current path when it executes the command. But I would not rely on that, maybe this behaviour changes in the future.
Over the years I got used to ALWAYS use fully qualified and quoted paths. This makes your scripts error proof and thus your life much more easy.
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@dinkumoil I always use the portable version of Notepad ++, and try not to write full paths.
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You can use the Npp environment variable
$(NPP_DIRECTORY). -
@dinkumoil said:
You can use the Npp environment variable
$(NPP_DIRECTORY).This is the most suitable way.
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try
@echo off
taskkill /f /im notepad++.exe
“C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe”cls
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@gurikbal-singh said:
try
@echo off
taskkill /f /im notepad++.exe
“C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe”cls
I tried to get rid of it … and you offer me to return to this?
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I tried to get rid of it … and you offer me to return to this?
the translator of @gurikbal-singh is on holiday 😁
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by the way:
And how is such a combination of two code variants … does it violate the laws of criminal law?
<Command name="Restart" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">cmd /c taskkill /f /im notepad++.exe && start notepad++.exe</Command>lol, no, everything is legal 😉
your version is correct, mine was wrong, as it keeps the cmd window open.
i just have forgotten thestartcommand while typing, sorry 🙏 -
Just for completeness, there is also the
$(NPP_FULL_FILE_PATH)variable. -
@Ekopalypse said:
Just for completeness, there is also the
$(NPP_FULL_FILE_PATH)variable.Please show me an example of your solution code.
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I don’t have one, it was in response to your response about using $(NPP_DIRECTORY),
which would mean you need to concatenate directory and executable wheres $(NPP_FULL_FILE_PATH) is already the complete path.
Did I misunderstood something? -
@Ekopalypse I understood))
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