Notepad++ 7.7.1 won't default to .txt when saving
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It is all in the title line: the version I have keeps saving my text files to “all extensions”, which give me no extension at all. When I create a file, or open a .txt file, and choose “Save as” or “save”, I would like it to use .txt. A file with no extension is pretty useless.
I went to Settings->Preferences->File Associations and made .txt a registered extension, but when I close Notepad++ and open it again, the registered extension .txt is no longer there.
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@Anna-Naden said:
It is all in the title line
No, it isn’t. One can only make some guesses from experience on what exactly your meaning is.
Pay attention now, if you want a file called
test.txt, when you are prompted to give it a filename, typetest.txtand then press the Save button. There is no other way.
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as @Alan-Kilborn said, if you provided it with the extension you should get a file saved with that extension.
But what I ASSUME you want to have is a different view in the file save dialog, correct? If so, the setting is Settings->Preferences->Default Directory->use new style …
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@Alan-Kilborn you are everything I hate.
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The solution is simple.
- Search for Notepad ++ by pressing the Windows button
- Right-click on Notepad ++ and Run as administrator
- Notepad ++ Run as administrator
- Navigate to the path Settings -> Preferences -> Default Directory
- Uncheck the “Use new style dialog (without file extension feature & Unix style path capacity)”
Once you make this change in the Notepad ++ preference, the Save As dialog will have .txt extension by default as shown below
Source:
https://techsupportwhale.com/set-default-extension-while-saving-in-notepad-plus-plus/
