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    • EkopalypseE
      Ekopalypse @Kody James Lynch
      last edited by

      @Kody-James-Lynch

      but what means open a file?
      Using notepad++ menu file->open?
      using explorer->right-click on file and chose edit with …
      dragging and dropping into running npp?

      And what about the debug info which can be found under ? menu?

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      • dinkumoilD
        dinkumoil @Ekopalypse
        last edited by

        @Ekopalypse

        Maybe you should write (menu) ? but even this could be unclear to some people.

        It`s just another case where >>> this issue <<< comes into play.

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        • Kody James LynchK
          Kody James Lynch
          last edited by

          Like literally clicking on the lua file itself. It’s already set to open with notepad++. And debugging doesn’t work either. It simply closes when I open the file.

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          • EkopalypseE
            Ekopalypse @dinkumoil
            last edited by Ekopalypse

            @dinkumoil

            could be, yes, but, to be honest, if it isn’t clear what I’ve asked for I would assume a
            question for clarification from the OP.

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            • Kody James LynchK
              Kody James Lynch
              last edited by

              ohh okay I see what the debug thing is. This is what it shows
              Notepad++ v7.7 (32-bit)
              Build time : May 19 2019 - 13:08:20
              Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
              Admin mode : OFF
              Local Conf mode : OFF
              OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
              Plugins : dbgpPlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll GmodLua.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

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              • EkopalypseE
                Ekopalypse @Kody James Lynch
                last edited by

                @Kody-James-Lynch

                give it a try by doing the following.
                Start npp, goto plugins->DSpellCheck and deactivate automatic spell checking.
                Stop npp and restest.

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                • Kody James LynchK
                  Kody James Lynch
                  last edited by

                  Nah doing that didn’t seem to fix it. It’s still doing the same thing. I also tried opening other lua files and those don’t work either. So it seems that I can only open brand new files before I updated notepad++

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                  • EkopalypseE
                    Ekopalypse @Kody James Lynch
                    last edited by

                    @Kody-James-Lynch

                    what if you try to open the files via npps menu File->Open?

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                    • Kody James LynchK
                      Kody James Lynch
                      last edited by

                      I tried that as well and it still just crashes.

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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse @Kody James Lynch
                        last edited by

                        @Kody-James-Lynch

                        download a zipped npp from here. Extract it to where ever you like and run it.
                        Try to open a lua file which caused any problem before.
                        DO NOT install any plugin for this zipped version.
                        If this works one of the plugins used in your normal installation is not ready
                        for npp 7.7

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                        • Kody James LynchK
                          Kody James Lynch
                          last edited by

                          Interesting that seemed to work. I might know which plugin is causing this. But thank you for the help!

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                          • Віталій ЛукіянчукВ
                            Віталій Лукіянчук
                            last edited by

                            I have similar issue. Yesterday I worked with notepad++. But today it freezes at start. I didn’t change anything: no system update, no application update. I have 2 users in OS - restricted and admin user. Notepad++ freezes with any of these users.
                            The only workaround to start it: notepad++.exe -nosession
                            If it started in such way I can open any of my file via menu File->Open

                            Starting notepad++ with command -noPlugins causes to freezing too.

                            Up today my version of Notepad++ was 7.6.6.

                            So I upgrade it to 7.7 (32bit). And nothing changes - it freezes at start. Only -nosession helps.
                            I just wonder what may happened with notepad++ overnight?

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                            • Віталій ЛукіянчукВ
                              Віталій Лукіянчук
                              last edited by

                              I just deleted AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml and it seems problem is solved.

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                              • PeterJonesP
                                PeterJones
                                last edited by

                                @Віталій-Лукіянчук said:

                                Only -nosession helps.
                                …
                                I just deleted AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml and it seems problem is solved.

                                Glad it works for you now. (My guess is that you had either a file that no longer exists, or a file that does exist, but on a network drive rather than a local drive… By ignoring or deleting the old session, it stopped trying to access that file, and was able to properly load Notepad++.)

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