<![CDATA[Update Installation Path]]>Have to say: I love NP++

Hate to say: NP++ updates dont suggest the update installation in NP++ installation directory.

I never install software in C:…\Program Files if I can avoid that.
However NP++ updates always propose to be installed there, even if an older version resides on another drive or in a user defined directory. It’s so easy to press ENTER too fast, when updating…

Please consider reading NP++'s installation location and propose to put the updates there!

Thanks
Klaus

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18598/update-installation-pathRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 16:04:33 GMTSun, 08 Dec 2019 11:42:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Update Installation Path on Thu, 07 May 2020 12:58:30 GMT]]>@Jerry-B said in Update Installation Path:

Agreed. It gets a bit annoying over time when you’ve choosen a non-standard installation path.

A simple reg read at the beginning of the installation process would do the job. E.g.:
HKLM\Software\Notepad++
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Path\notepad++.exe

@Jerry-B , thank you for a practical suggestion; it’s good to see someone who offers potential fixes. This forum isn’t the right place for bug tracking, so I have appended your advice (linking to your post and quoting and citing you as the author) in the official issue #7946.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/53600https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/53600Thu, 07 May 2020 12:58:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Update Installation Path on Thu, 07 May 2020 10:24:16 GMT]]>Agreed. It gets a bit annoying over time when you’ve choosen a non-standard installation path.

A simple reg read at the beginning of the installation process would do the job. E.g.:
HKLM\Software\Notepad++
HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Path\notepad++.exe

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/53587https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/53587Thu, 07 May 2020 10:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Update Installation Path on Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:56:16 GMT]]>Better: Use the “portable” version of Notepad++.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/49564https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/49564Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:56:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Update Installation Path on Fri, 03 Jan 2020 05:18:24 GMT]]>At the same time it does not remember “appdata” checkbox state too… so even if you remembered where you installed it I still wish you good luck with remembering if you wanted it to save things in appdata or not…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/49559https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/49559Fri, 03 Jan 2020 05:18:24 GMT