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    • jomofcw
      jomofcw last edited by

      Hello,

      I’m using Npp since years and that’s the first time I fall in that trouble…
      As many time before, I open my “hosts” file (in “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc”) and when I want to save it, it ask me to reload Npp in admin mode. I click “restart” and then it close then reopen Npp, as usual, but there… all my configs disapear ! It look like Npp after a fresh install :/.

      Is there a way to get back to my previous config please ? Is it a known bug ? If yes, how to fix it, please ?

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      • Ekopalypse
        Ekopalypse last edited by

        I had a similar issue once, some time ago.
        For me the problem was, that the “original/first” notepad++ process
        didn’t exit cleanly and another npp process was created.
        Not sure if this is your case as well but as soon as I made sure
        that no other npp process was running,
        a newly create npp process behaved like expected.

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        • jomofcw
          jomofcw last edited by

          Hello @Ekopalypse !

          Thanks for your answer.
          Perhaps this is the problem… but did you find any solution to get back your previous settings ? Mine has gone, and it seems that I can’t get them back :'(.

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          • Ekopalypse
            Ekopalypse last edited by Ekopalypse

            For me a new start of npp, after ensuring that no other npp process still runs, fixed it.

            Can you post your debug-info? (available under the last menu item, the ? menu)
            Maybe we can find a way to bring it back.

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            • jomofcw
              jomofcw @Ekopalypse last edited by

              @Ekopalypse sadly nop, a restart let it in the same state :/.

              Here are my debug infos :
              Notepad++ v7.7.1 (64-bit)
              Build time : Jun 16 2019 - 21:24:47
              Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
              Admin mode : OFF
              Local Conf mode : OFF
              OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
              Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppFTP.dll

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              • Ekopalypse
                Ekopalypse last edited by

                Local Conf mode : OFF

                give the information, that your configuration data is stored in %APPDATA%\notepad++

                If you press CTRL+R or the windows key and paste this into the field and
                press enter it will open an explorer window pointing to the need directory.

                Can you check if there is a config.xml file and when it got created and modified?

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                • jomofcw
                  jomofcw @Ekopalypse last edited by

                  @Ekopalypse I have a config.xml in “C:\Users\myUserName\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++” and it was last modified… the last time I have closed Npp (just right now) :'(. So I guess it erase my previous settings…

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                  • Ekopalypse
                    Ekopalypse last edited by

                    ok - so it looks like we can be sure that this is the right directory.
                    Now, depending on your windows setup you might be able to get a previous version of that file by right-clicking on that file an choose
                    properties and select tab previous versions.

                    If there is nothing, one other possible way to get an older version is to
                    use a software like recuva and do a deep search with the full appdata path.

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                    • jomofcw
                      jomofcw @Ekopalypse last edited by

                      @Ekopalypse
                      YOU
                      ARE
                      AMAZING !

                      Thanks so much, I’ve restored a previous version (just before the fail), and all seems to be OK right now.
                      Thank you so much !

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                      • mahi soni
                        mahi soni last edited by

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