Comare Plugin not showing up in Plugin

[D Mishra]

Hi
I have Copied ComparePlugin.dll to C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins.
Closed the notepad++ and reopened, but compare plugin is not showing up.

Can you please let me know what should I do.

Thanks

[Ekopalypse]

Depending on the npp version you use the setup is different.
Can you post your debug info, which is available from the ? menu?.

[D Mishra]

Here is the Info

Notepad++ v7.8.4 (32-bit)
Build time : Jan 29 2020 - 01:33:47
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version : 1903
OS Build : 18362.592
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll

[Ekopalypse]

@D-Mishra said in Comare Plugin not showing up in Plugin:

7.8

ok, two notes,

first Local Conf mode : OFF means that configuration files and plugins are located and searched in %appdata%\notepad++

and second, because this is a newer version you have
to create a folder with the same name as the plugin to make it
work which means you need to have a directory
%appdata%\notepad++\plugins\ComparePlugin\

but may I ask you why you don’t use the PluginAdmin to do the installation?

[D Mishra]

Sir, Thank you for your suggestion. By creating compareplugin Folder it worked.
But How do I use PluginAdmin ?

[Ekopalypse]

@D-Mishra

From the plugins menu you should have a Plugins Admin item
if you click it a dialog should open and you can check which plugins you want to install. Plugin Admin takes care to download
it and put it into the correct places.

[D Mishra]

Thank you Very much. You really saved a lot of time for me.
Can you please help me , where do I get tricks and Tips for Notepad++.
There might so many features available in Notepadd++ but we are using very little out of it , We used to see other friends , how they use notepad++. Like removing Tabs to spaces is one feature available, I found it while someone was doing it.

Instead is there a place we can see all help full feature available in Notepad++.

[Ekopalypse]

@D-Mishra

the only source I’m aware of is the official documentation here .
It might not handle everything but I would say most of it.