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    • Dean Lesner
      Dean Lesner last edited by

      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.

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @Dean Lesner last edited by

        @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.

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        • Alan Kilborn
          Alan Kilborn last edited by

          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”…

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          • tseGIT
            tseGIT last edited by

            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.

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            • Alan Kilborn
              Alan Kilborn @tseGIT last edited by

              @tseGIT

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

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