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    Tyler Rosolowski
    last edited by Oct 21, 2019, 10:22 PM

    There isn’t a option to bring NotePad++ to the front window if it’s already open and I open another file, so I end up hunting for what happened every time. This should be a option! :-) Please. Awesume. Love Notepad++

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      Ekopalypse @Tyler Rosolowski
      last edited by Oct 22, 2019, 12:20 PM

      @Tyler-Rosolowski

      sorry, not a native English speaker - what do try to achieve??

      Do you mean you have multiple applications running and you want to switch
      from another application to npp? If so -> ALT+TAB might be of help.

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        Alan Kilborn
        last edited by Oct 22, 2019, 12:44 PM

        I’m thinking OP has N++ open and behind other windows and then with Explorer double-clicks associated .txt (for ex.) file…and finds that N++ opens the file into a tab but doesn’t bring N++ to closest to user in the Z order?

        I don’t associate my files that way so I can’t easily test, but I do have a custom “Edit with N++” right-click option I set up in Explorer. Opening a file with it does in fact bring N++ out from behind all the other windows.

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          PeterJones
          last edited by PeterJones Oct 22, 2019, 3:29 PM Oct 22, 2019, 3:28 PM

          @Alan-Kilborn said in Bring window to front on opening file:

          I don’t associate my files that way so I can’t easily test

          My .txt files are associated that way (so double-click works), and when I have Notepad++ behind other windows and double-click the .txt in the Windows Explorer, Notepad++ does come to the front as well – even if that file is already open in Notepad++. The same works if I right-click and pick my all-file-type RClick menu item.

          Sorry, @Tyler-Rosolowski ; if we cannot replicate your circumstances, it will be harder to help us. If you could show us your registry entries that run Notepad++ for associated files, and go into the Notepad++ ?-menu, Debug Info > Copy debug info into clipboard and paste it here, we might be able to see if there’s something obvious.

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            Xavier Kingston Banned
            last edited by dinkumoil Oct 23, 2019, 7:16 AM Oct 23, 2019, 6:30 AM

            I have [level 7 qualification](Link removed) can someone help me to full fill on this question Bring window to front on opening file

            Much needed for me as well.

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              rinku singh @Xavier Kingston
              last edited by Oct 23, 2019, 7:15 AM

              @Xavier-Kingston
              what you expect window maximize(if minimize) on opening file

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                Sasha Bond
                last edited by Apr 6, 2021, 4:58 PM

                i can confirm that behavior - in win 10 enterprise
                if you run npp as Admin - it will not bring up front new file on opening
                if you run npp as non admin - it will
                see https://superuser.com/questions/498534/how-to-get-notepad-to-open-files-properly-in-windows-8

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