<![CDATA[Product updates erase my recent files list]]>I keep about ten text files open all the time in Notepad++. They’re scattered across different drives, and most of them are four or five levels down from the root folders. If I ever close one accidentally, it’s usually easy to retrieve from the recent files listed under the File menu. However, when I run a periodic update to the latest version of Notepad++, that list always gets cleared out. At that point, I have to do a lot of searching to reload some of those text files. To make recovery a little faster, I now keep a text file on my desktop that contains the names and locations of my ten working files. Still, I’m wondering if there’s a way to update the product without killing the recent files list. Thanks.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19981/product-updates-erase-my-recent-files-listRSS for NodeSat, 17 Oct 2026 05:56:20 GMTThu, 10 Sep 2020 20:19:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Product updates erase my recent files list on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:33:04 GMT]]>@tseGIT

Do you think that is better than the session file approach?
I don’t.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57545https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57545Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:33:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Product updates erase my recent files list on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 05:48:08 GMT]]>just a batchfile with ten lines (placed on the desktop) would help you. Once created you can use it everytime. If there is a need to changed this set of files. It’s simple enough to change the batchfile.

call “C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe” “file01”
call “C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe” “file02”
and so on.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57533https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57533Fri, 11 Sep 2020 05:48:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Product updates erase my recent files list on Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:46:32 GMT]]>When I actually try my own advice…

I notice that any files that have never been saved, e.g. new 2, new 5 , etc. aren’t saved into the session file that is created.

I don’t typically operate with such files open for very long, and it doesn’t sound like the OP does either, but I wanted to mention it.

It should be common sense to manually save your data before doing something like upgrading your software, but we do see a lot of tech support questions about “lost files”…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57527https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57527Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:46:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Product updates erase my recent files list on Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:30:53 GMT]]>@Dean-Lesner said in Product updates erase my recent files list:

I now keep a text file on my desktop that contains the names and locations of my … working files

Probable even easier is to do File > Save Session… before such an update, and File > Load Session… after.

Product updates erase my recent files list

Yea, it is a known thing.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57526https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/57526Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:30:53 GMT