Tabs always open on the right?
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@appyface said in Tabs always open on the right?:
Is there anyplace else I can check?
Unfortunately I don’t know as I don’t operate in this mode. I just did a test to install a portable version (from @PeterJones link above). I am a local administrator, although there is some security checks on that and ran it, admin mode was off. Yet when I run it by right clicking and use “run as administrator” it’s on, obviously.
I’m beginning to think if your account is wide open administrator (with uac turned off) you will always get the admin mode as ON. Do you know if you have disabled UAC (user access control)? Here is a link to show you how to check it.
https://articulate.com/support/article/how-to-turn-user-account-control-on-or-off-in-windows-10Looks like for research is warranted. I unfortunately haven’t delved much into this side of Notepad++
Terry
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I did another test, this time on a different system which is NOT part of my work AD, so not loaded with additional security controls. The UAC on it was disabled and when I ran Notepad++ (NPP) it ran in Admin Mode. I then turned on UAC to lowest level, again NPP ran in Admin Mode. Upped the UAC level, same and lastly UAC at the highest level, still NPP ran in Admin mode.
So it’s not a UAC function (at least not by itself) that allows or forbids Admin mode by just double clicking on the NPP executable.
I will say however that everyone with a “personal” PC generally runs their system as a local administrator. This can be a dangerous way to operate as any malware running in the context of that account (especially if UAC is also turned down or OFF) will be able to easily do so.
I explain this concept to users when they come to me with problems on their laptop. My suggestion is you should have a normal account for most work, and a administrator account for those times you need to install, remove or otherwise run apps that WON’T work under a normal account. The run as command often allows this to occur and it keeps a tighter control over any malware that wants to wreck havoc on your system.
At work we call this “Least Privileged Use”. The Wikipedia article is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilegeTerry
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At home, I run a privileged account with UAC turned all the way down to Never Notify (so I’ve got full Admin power all the time), and when I run Notepad++ either as my installed copy or from a portable, it does not automatically Run As Administrator , so I’m not sure what’s different.
Notepad++ v7.9 (64-bit) Build time : Sep 14 2020 - 23:02:17 Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\npp.7.9.RC2.bin.x64\notepad++.exe Admin mode : OFF Local Conf mode : ON OS Name : Windows 10 Home (64-bit) OS Version : 2004 OS Build : 19041.508 Current ANSI codepage : 1252 Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll -
@PeterJones said in Tabs always open on the right?:
it does not automatically Run As Administrator , so I’m not sure what’s different.
This is starting to get complicated. And by now I’ve/we’ve managed to hijack this thread from “open to right”, to how does the admin mode function “automatically”, as opposed to via the “run as…” command (right click).
As I do seem to have a system which operates most like the OP’s one, I will do some more testing on whether admin mode has a bearing on the “open to right” tab issue that started here. Don’t wait up, this might be a day or so answer.
Terry
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While waiting for @Terry-R to be able to run more experiments:
- Definitely try a separate portable in a different location (like your desktop), and see if it still always runs as administrator.
- I found this SU question; it has the opposite desire, but a couple of the answers gave interesting things to look at, for things you could undo to get out of the run-as-admin:
- this answser shows
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System:EnableLUA=0 will disable LUA and make all apps run as administrator; if yours is set 0, try setting it 1 instead - this answer shows a section of the registry where you can set individual executables to always run as admin, regardless of the properties/shortcut flags. So if you find an entry for notepad++.exe, then remove it.
- this answser shows
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And another SU answer that might come in handy – right click on the executable, “Troubleshoot compatibility”, “Troubleshoot”, then turn off all the checkboxes, then “no, I’m done” on the next screen. See if that fixes the problem for you.
Also, in the RClick > Properties > Compatibility, you might try “change settings for all users”, and see if the run-as-admin is set for all users, rather than just for you.
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As long as we’re going all directions in my thread (and I don’t mind! great discussion), does anyone know why I’m not receiving emails when you post? I have turned everything on to Notification & Email but still I do not receive any emails. I do not have spam or other filters on this email account. I am watching this topic…
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With regard to the latest replies, I may not be able to get to all your suggestions until later in the weekend. Will reply back then.
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@appyface said in Tabs always open on the right?:
does anyone know why I’m not receiving emails when you post
Because that feature of the forum is not enabled, despite it being listed in the options.
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@PeterJones said in Tabs always open on the right?:
While waiting for @Terry-R to be able to run more experiments:
Well I’ve have completed my experiments. Whilst not exhaustive in themselves, I’m exhausted in creating 26 tabs each with different and unsaved changes and using the backup plan so unsaved files in themselves. I confirmed that the account I was running had the Admin Mode “ON”. That was further backed up by the titlebar showing [Administrator].
When I right click on either a single file or several (of type txt and xml) and use the “Edit with Notepad++” option they always appear to the right of any existing tabs. And this is regardless of which tab was the currently viewed one in Notepad++.At this point I can safely say that my tests (and results) emulate those of @PeterJones even though I had Admin Mode on “automatically”, not thru having to say “run as…” or changing the shortcut to the compatibility settings with “run this program as administrator” ticked.
So whatever is causing the new files on loading to appear elsewhere in the “tabbed” list is possibly rather unique or a possible malfunction in the operating system or Notepad++.
Another possible test to be carried out by the OP is to use “Ctrl+Numpad 1” which is the default hotkey for the first tab in Notepad++ after they do the test as stated in the first post. The issue raised there was that one of the multiple files opens to the "right, the remainder open on the left. So once these multiple files are loaded, and then the hotkey used, does it actually go to one of the new files?
I’m sort of wondering if the view of the tabs is somewhat skewed, rather than the actual order as Notepad++ sees them. Thus Ctrl+Numpad 1 would STILL go to the original 1st tab (often called New 1).
As a side note, I had a need to install a fresh Windows 10 system, no AD influence or any changes made. The account I created was “Terry” which is a privileged account (administrator group). I then activated the actual administrator account with a password. My “Terry” account ran Notepad++ NOT in Admin Mode (so it shows OFF), yet when logged in as the actual administrator account I performed the same run and this time Notepad++ had admin Mode as ON!. So just logged in as an administrator level account is (on a fresh system) not enough to run Notepad++ in Admin Mode (ON), again that backs another finding by @PeterJones.
Sorry I couldn’t find anything that helps, all this did was show that it (appears to) NOT happen. Tabs should always open to the right!
Terry
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@Terry-R and @PeterJones
Both of you have gone well above and beyond in trying to sort this. I can’t thank you enough for all your efforts.
This afternoon I logon and open Notepad++ and the titlebar does NOT say administrator. I open some files using <enter> on explorer and they all go to the extreme right (I have only unsaved tabs open) as I wish. The titlebar still does not say administrator. These are the same files I was working with in above screenshots, as well as others in the same directory.
So were it not for your last post Terry-R, I would have claimed it is some difference in having administrator mode on… but now it is proved that is not the whole story…
There is nothing I’ve (intentionally) done to stop administrator mode. Administrator mode has been on for awhile, I can’t say how long though… weeks… months… and I don’t know what I did to get it turned on.
Thanks for the info about the emails not actually happening! Thought I had missed something in settings.
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All morning I’m using Notepad++ and no administrator in title.
Just now I open it and it says administrator… same XML files, same directory.
No idea what is driving this…
I see new version is out I’m going to retire this portable install and start from scratch with the new one, and see what happens.
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I just unzipped the portable version of new 7.9 x64 into a brand-new empty directory. I did not copy over any previous files, this is vanilla.
My first launch is by running the executable directly, and guess what. ‘Administrator’ is in the title.
I copied in the debug info into the tab and here’s the screenshot:
Still no idea what is cluing administrator on/off.
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@appyface said in Tabs always open on the right?:
Still no idea what is cluing administrator on/off.
I had no idea either, see this POSTING and the containing thread.
As I said in that posting, being stuck in “administrator” mode just sort of “went away” after a certain N++ release, and luckily for me, it hasn’t returned. :-)
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Admin mode is coming and going…
And stranger… I closed the new 7.9 and navigated to the directory with 7.8.9 and opened it, and to my surprise, none of my “unsaved” tabs are loaded into the old executable.
This makes no sense. The old executable is still pointing to its own directory /backup folder and the backups are there and intact, I can open them with regular Notepad (or Notepad++) directly and they’re fine. The old 7.8.9 no longer opens them automatically when I launch the executable.
I also confirmed, 7.9 is pointing to its own directory /backup folder and of course it has no files since it is vanilla, so it opens with one empty new tab.
I’ve no clue why my 7.8.9 executable is not loading the 36 tabs I had before… nothing is lost, it just is not automatically opening it. I have done nothing to its configuration. I exited it, then unzipped the new one, launched and got the screenshot to post here, and that’s it.
Gremlins…
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@appyface said in Tabs always open on the right?:
Still no idea what is cluing administrator on/off
Are you logging onto Windows as the actual “administrator” account or another account which has administrator level access?
In my tests I had both, both it was the actual administrator account that seemed to run with admin mode turned on ALL the time. My other account “terry” was in the local administrator group and could run in that mode if I set it so, but by default it did NOT.
The next question is whether your current admin mode (ON) has recreated the original problem of tabs not all opening on the right. If that problem has not reoccured then perhaps you might just need to accept it.
About the only other solution would be to completely wipe your computer and start with a fresh install of Windows. That would be a last resort as from my point of view the issue of tabs not opening to the right is more a nuisance rather than a real (cannot overcome) issue.
Sorry I can’t be more helpful.
Terry
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I log in via another account which has administrator level access, minus some privs via GPO.
When admin mode is off, all files open to the extreme right of the unsaved tabs as I’d expect. When admin mode is on, one file opens to the extreme right of the unsaved tabs and the rest open before the first tab on the extreme left. So far this is consistent for me.
(I do not have any control of this laptop (it belongs to my employer) so cannot do many of the suggestions, I can only experiment within my own user account. But it is strange to have my old 7.8.9 notepad change behavior after I put 7.9 on. Like they are sharing some config but they should not be, I never installed any portable using %appdata%, always I say to put the settings and other files in the same directory with the portable executable.
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@appyface said in Tabs always open on the right?:
I closed the new 7.9 and navigated to the directory with 7.8.9 and opened it, and to my surprise, none of my “unsaved” tabs are loaded into the old executable.
That may not be strange. I read somewhere that when in admin mode it uses a different set of configuration files compared to when an “account” runs it normally when the “account” profile folder stores those configuration files. Perhaps the new installation has saved its configuration files over the old installation since that had been running in admin mode as well. Hopefully others can confirm (or deny) my assumptions as being (somewhat) correct.
Terry
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Ah, you may be on to something. Thankfully, nothing is lost, it just didn’t open them. I’ll see what I can hunt up.
