<![CDATA[Notepad++ was not picking up document changes]]>Hi, I was using an old version of notepad++ and I had 3 documents I regularly had to do a search and replace on. So I just left them open all the time. I would update the documents from another program and with notepad++ already open when I switched to notepad++ in windows it would notify me that the document had been changed by another program. I would then go ahead and do the two search and replace actions and save it and all was good.

So I upgraded notepad++ (not that I needed to) and this automatic detection of another program changing the document stopped working.

I just solved it by uninstalling and reinstalling the old version. I just thought I would let you know.

Thanks,
John

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18394/notepad-was-not-picking-up-document-changesRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 20:21:38 GMTMon, 21 Oct 2019 15:30:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ was not picking up document changes on Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:59:12 GMT]]>@John-Bowles ,

As @Alan-Kilborn said, check your preferences - go to Settings->Preferences->MISC and on the right check File Status Auto-Detection state.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47985https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47985Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:59:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ was not picking up document changes on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:34:16 GMT]]>@John-Bowles

Maybe the newer version of Notepad++ has different Preference settings than the earlier version. Maybe all you need to do is adjust the Preference setting to get the old behavior you liked back. Or maybe not…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47972https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47972Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:34:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Notepad++ was not picking up document changes on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:55:37 GMT]]>@John-Bowles
are you knows about Monitoring tail -f

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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47969https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/47969Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:55:37 GMT