I have been using notepad for years. All of a sudden when I open it, my mouse jumps all over, I can't do anything. Any suggestions?

[John Stoysich]

All of a sudden when I open the app my mouse is jumping all over, even after restarting, I do not have a macro running. Any suggestions, I can’t get anything done.

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[cmeriaux]

Hello, your configuration may be dirty.
Try the notepad++ zip package
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v7.8.2/npp.7.8.2.bin.zip

Then try to do a fresh install of your config

You may also give us your debug info:

Notepad++ v7.8.1   (32-bit)
Build time : Oct 27 2019 - 22:46:07
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Home (64-bit) 
OS Version : 1809
OS Build : 17763.914
Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll Explorer.dll HexEditor.dll LightExplorer.dll linefilter2.dll mimeTools.dll NavigateTo.dll NewFileBrowser.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppFavorites.dll NppFTP.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll PythonScript.dll SherloXplorer.dll XMLTools.dll

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