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    • Jan ÖhmanJ
      Jan Öhman
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      I’m having trouble to opening filename.csv files with Notepad ++
      No problems if the files are opened with the explorer, by finding the file / right click / select open with Notepad ++.
      But if I use (freely translated from Swedish) File / Open and “select a CSV-file” a question arises “can’t open… Do you want to create a new file?”
      (In the window to the right of the selection of file name it stands Normal text file (.txt))
      But I can see all CSV-files files…
      If I make the selection All types It works. If I then make the selection Normal text file (.txt) again I only see filename.txt…
      This feels like a program bug - only in my version?
      ( I have Win10, Notepad++ 7.7.1 64-bit Swedish )
      Is it possible to change the default selection to “all files” or better, only “.csv .skv .txt” files?

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse @Jan Öhman
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        @Jan-Öhman

        could it be that npp and the explorer are started with different elevation levels?

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        • Jan ÖhmanJ
          Jan Öhman
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          “different elevation levels” What does it mean?

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @Jan Öhman
            last edited by

            @Jan-Öhman

            It means that maybe your Explorer is open with administrator privilege and your Notepad++ is not.

            But, I’m not convinced that that is what the problem is. But we will see…

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            • Jan ÖhmanJ
              Jan Öhman
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              Thank you for your response. Don’t know what happened, but now it seems to be working.
              (made a choice between different file types …)
              Then I chose (All types *. *) Now it seems to work…

              In the beginning when opening a file, the file type was “Normal text file (* .txt)”, but also .csv files were displayed … (that’s when I got an error when opening the file …)

              Is it possible to change which file types are displayed in Notepad ++?
              (eg. not only *.txt files but also *.csv and *.skv files)

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @Jan Öhman
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                @Jan-Öhman said:

                that’s when I got an error when opening the file …

                It’s really doubtful that the filter settings had anything to do with the error you received.

                Is it possible to change which file types are displayed in Notepad ++?..not only *.txt files but also *.csv and *.skv files

                Probably not easy to get just those 3 types filtered.

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