<![CDATA[Troubles building and executing NPP]]>Hi, I currently have problems with making a notepad++git version working.(Last commit on it is 8516c7b)

One of the first problem that I had was with the generation of SciLexer.dll due to a lack of communication of my windows prompt. Thanks to this old post, I finally found how to make it work(N.B It appears that I had not generated the 32 bit boostregexLib version and that it was needed).

The current problem that I have now is a simple execution problem. Whenever I want to launch the generated source (notepad++.exe), I got this error
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Can someone help me fix it? I followed every step describes in the build guide but I’m still lost.
I don’t know what to do. I never heard about this type of key and its use.

Thanks in advance!
Erwan Delhove

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20100/troubles-building-and-executing-nppRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 04:08:32 GMTSun, 04 Oct 2020 13:19:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:59:15 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL

It can be even easier to build a project if you run it from these three bat-files:

Run as administrator x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017

call "full_file_path\x32_x64_START_BOOST.bat" Enter

@echo on

cd C:\sources\boost_1_70_0
call bootstrap.bat

cd C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\libs\regex\build
C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\b2.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=32 release stage
C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\b2.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 release stage

md C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32
md C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64
copy C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\stage\lib\libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x32-1_70.lib C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32
copy C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\stage\lib\libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x64-1_70.lib C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64

exit

Run as administrator x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017

call "full_file_path\x32_START_SCINTILLA.bat" Enter

@echo on

cd C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\

nmake -f scintilla.mak clean

nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32\ -f scintilla.mak

copy /y "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\PowerEditor\bin\SciLexer32.dll"

exit

Run as administrator x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017

call "full_file_path\x64_START_SCINTILLA.bat" Enter

@echo on

cd C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\

nmake -f scintilla.mak clean

cd C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\
nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64\ -f scintilla.mak

copy /y "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\PowerEditor\bin\SciLexer64.dll"

exit
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58288https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58288Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:38:06 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL I am doing SCINTILLA cleanup with bat file CLEAR_SCINTILLA.bat
I did not know about other methods))

del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Accessor.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\AutoComplete.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\BoostRegexSearch.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CallTip.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CaseConvert.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CaseFolder.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Catalogue.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CellBuffer.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CharacterCategory.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CharacterSet.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\CharClassify.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ContractionState.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\DBCS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Decoration.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\DefaultLexer.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Document.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\EditModel.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Editor.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\EditView.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ExternalLexer.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\HanjaDic.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Indicator.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\KeyMap.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexA68k.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAbaqus.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAda.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAPDL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAsm.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAsn1.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexASY.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAU3.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAVE.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexAVS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBaan.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBash.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBasic.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBatch.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBibTeX.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexBullant.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCaml.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCIL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCLW.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCmake.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCOBOL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCoffeeScript.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexConf.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCPP.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCrontab.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCsound.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexCSS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexD.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexDataflex.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexDiff.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexDMAP.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexDMIS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexECL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexEDIFACT.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexEiffel.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexerBase.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexErlang.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexerModule.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexErrorList.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexerSimple.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexEScript.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexFlagship.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexForth.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexFortran.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexGAP.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexGui4Cli.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexHaskell.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexHex.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexHTML.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexIndent.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexInno.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexJSON.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexKix.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexKVIrc.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexLaTeX.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexLisp.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexLout.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexLua.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMagik.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMake.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMarkdown.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMatlab.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMaxima.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMetapost.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMMIXAL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexModula.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMPT.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMSSQL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexMySQL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexNim.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexNimrod.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexNsis.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexNull.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexObjC.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexOpal.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexOScript.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPascal.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPB.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPerl.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPLM.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPO.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPOV.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPowerPro.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPowerShell.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexProgress.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexProps.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexPython.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexR.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexRebol.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexRegistry.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexRuby.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexRust.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSAS.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexScriptol.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSearchResult.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSmalltalk.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSML.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSorcus.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSpecman.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSpice.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSQL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexStata.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexSTTXT.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTACL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTADS3.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTAL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTCL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTCMD.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTeX.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexTxt2tags.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexUser.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexVB.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexVerilog.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexVHDL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexVisualProlog.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexX12.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LexYAML.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\LineMarker.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\MarginView.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\PerLine.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\PlatWin.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\PositionCache.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\PropSetSimple.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\RESearch.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\RunStyles.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintillaBase.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintillaBaseL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintillaDLL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintillaWin.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintillaWinL.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ScintRes.res
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Selection.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\Style.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\StyleContext.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\UniConversion.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\UniqueString.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\UTF8DocumentIterator.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\vc140.pdb
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\ViewStyle.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\WordList.obj
del /f /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\XPM.obj

del /f /s /q C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin

exit /b
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58279https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58279Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:38:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:56:40 GMT]]>Yeah it works. Thanks to you guys(@Alan-Kilborn ,@andrecool-68 ). I finally succeed to run notepad++ (debug version) with my own generated Scintilla.dll(x64 version).

Maybe we should keep this discussion at disposal for other people encountering the same problem (and I’m also not the only one to have 64 processor version ;) ).

What do think? Maybe I should add tag or something else?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58274https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58274Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:47:44 GMT]]>I think I found a page for my error. Trying it right now and I will tell you if it works.
https://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331753/thread/b2610e04/

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58272https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58272Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:47:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:31:38 GMT]]>@andrecool-68
A new problem appear with this following command execution:
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FYI i use the x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017 as an adminstrator

I got this error in return.
It basically tell me that I should target the same processor. Because the Front end and Back end are not compatible.
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Any idea how to fix it?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58271https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58271Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:31:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:17:01 GMT]]>I got this file size:

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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58254https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58254Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:17:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 19:57:00 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL said in Troubles building and executing NPP:

I think i found the issue: SciLexer.dll is baldy made or miss some elements(release version is bigger than generated one)

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The x32 and x64 versions have different file sizes!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58253https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58253Mon, 05 Oct 2020 19:57:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:50:56 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL said in Troubles building and executing NPP:

I think that you didn’t understand what I wanted to tell you.

Correct. :-)

I deduct so that it was my generated SciLexer.dll who leads to the given error.

Maybe I made a mistake in my command line

Hmm, I think if it builds, it should work.
Again, as long as we are talking about a “debug” version of notepad++.exe running it.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58244https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58244Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:40:03 GMT]]>@Alan-Kilborn
I think that you didn’t understand what I wanted to tell you.
I 'm speaking of the SciLexer.dll that I generate myself for the last version of the project. I’ve put the SciLexer.dll version of the release in the debug folder. When I executed the debug version again, it worked!
I deduct so that it was my generated SciLexer.dll who leads to the given error. Maybe I made a mistake in my command line or something like that. So I’m going to investigate there.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58243https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58243Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:40:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:27:20 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL said in Troubles building and executing NPP:

SciLexer.dll is baldy made or miss some elements(release version is bigger than generated one)

So I’m not sure what your goals are for building Notepad++.
Maybe just for fun?

But if you are going to experiment and change code, then you want to do this in the “Debug” build.

And with that it doesn’t matter if for Scintilla the “release version is bigger…”

So I think your issues are all solved now?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58237https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58237Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:15:28 GMT]]>@Alan-Kilborn
I did it with the most recent version(Notepad++ 7.9: Stand with Hong Kong) and it works fine.
I think i found the issue: SciLexer.dll is baldy made or miss some elements(release version is bigger than generated one)
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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58236https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58236Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:43:28 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL said in Troubles building and executing NPP:

the version I try to launch is located at “\visual.net\x64\Unicode Debug.”

I don’t think it will run directly from there without “help”: I think you may have to copy some files into that folder as well first.

I’m pretty sure to have the necessary files since there is no change on the branch I’m compiling…

That’s not what I mean.
Okay, here’s what I’d do as a quick test of your built exe:

  • Grab a released portable zip.

  • Unzip into a folder.

  • Put your build of notepad++.exe in that folder (overwriting the released one).

  • Try running that.

I’m not saying for sure that this will solve the problem you cited, but it is worth trying.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58232https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58232Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:43:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:22:42 GMT]]>@Alan-Kilborn
I’m pretty sure to have the necessary files since there is no change on the branch I’m compiling(master commit=8516c7b).
What I’m not sure about is if it’s from the "\visual.net\x64\Unicode Debug.” that my debug version should be located. It’s auto-generated by VS-2017, so it should normally be right.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58229https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58229Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:50:36 GMT]]>I forgot to say that the project was built on Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58224https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58224Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:46:12 GMT]]>My build of the SciLexer.dll project, in two clicks

Run as administrator x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017
Copy all code, paste into x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017, and press Enter

cd C:\sources\boost_1_70_0
bootstrap.bat
cd C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\libs\regex\build
C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\b2.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=32 release stage
C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\b2.exe toolset=msvc link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 release stage

md C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32
md C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64
copy C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\stage\lib\libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x32-1_70.lib C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32
copy C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\stage\lib\libboost_regex-vc141-mt-s-x64-1_70.lib C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64

exit /b

Run as administrator x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017
Copy all code, paste into x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017, and press Enter

cd C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\
nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x32\ -f scintilla.mak

copy /y "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\PowerEditor\bin\SciLexer.dll"

exit /b

This is an assembly of the x64 project
Run as administrator x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017
Copy all code, paste into x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017, and press Enter

cd C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\win32\
nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\boostregexLib\x64\ -f scintilla.mak

copy /y "C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\scintilla\bin\SciLexer.dll" C:\notepad-plus-plus-master\SciLexer.64.dll

exit /b
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58223https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58223Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:46:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:03:12 GMT]]>I went ahead and tried running the command directly through the cmd.exe with VS Build environment, just to get it out of the way, as well as re-extracting the source files, and I get the same error. Looks like this:

cmderror1.jpg

I also went ahead and extracted into the regular program files directory… It’s not a naming syntax issue either it seems… I’m probably messing up on something incredibly silly…

I’m just gonna install with the wizard, spending too much time on this project! But it was fun to try, I’ll be back when I learn more about linking and building binaries from source.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58220https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58220Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:03:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:34:27 GMT]]>@Alan-Kilborn The ReadME and Windows Documentation recommends running NMake from the Command Console of Visual Studio, I tried to change from Developer PowerShell to Developer Command Prompt to no avail. I’m going to delete NPP, unzip, and try again.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58218https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58218Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:34:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:04:46 GMT]]>@Adam-Lake

Hmmm, I don’t know if it makes any difference, but I would not attempt a build under Powershell. I would build under CMD.exe.

Also, you’d want a CMD.exe that has the environment all set up for building with Visual Studio, like the readme directs.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58215https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58215Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:04:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:49:31 GMT]]>Expounding my comment with screenshots:

When I compile the cintrilla binaries with the argument ‘nmake BOOSTPATH=C:\sources\boost_1_70_0\ BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH=C:\tmp\scintilla.414\boostregex -f scintilla.mak’ in VS2019 on Windows 10, it fails to compile with >100 errors.

scintillacompilefail1.jpg

Here’s a shot of my directory folders containing the necessary dependent files for the arguments BOOSTPATH & BOOSTREGEXLIBPATH:

ArgumentDirectories.jpg

One thing I’m concerned about, is the use of ‘C:\ProgramFiles (x86)’ directory path for my NPP directory location. The reason being is when using the command in PowerShell "cd C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\your-path-here’, the command cd thinks (x86) is a parameter instead of being part of the directory name, so I have to ‘tab-surf’ my cd command to get into the containing directory. Can I safely rename the directory folder for ‘C:\ProgramFiles (x86)’ to ‘C:\ProgramFilesx86’ to eliminate this syntax mess and test it as a solution?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58214https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58214Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:59:24 GMT]]>I’m having the exact same problem, this is my first “Build from Source” project, though… So I followed the README.txt, Boost binaries all compiled fine(1.70), Regex is compiled fine, but when I try to compile the scintilla.mak using the suggested parameters, I get a ton of compile errors in visual studio. If I compile scintilla.mak without the parameters, scintilla compiles just fine, but the sciLexer.dll that it compiles isn’t recognized by NPP(Obviously because it’s not referenced to anything). When I read the scintilla.mak file, the comments towards the bottom explicitly state the arguments to pass to NMake, they are identical to the README.txt instructions. But again, when I pass the arguments to the NMake on scintilla.mak, I get a ton of warnings and it fails to compile. I’ve triple checked my spelling and all that… and I run NMake from the VS console with the scintilla.proj file opened and with admin permissions. I also attempted to run NPP from the Debug build, and I have the same problems as the OP, nothing opens. I’ll gather screenshots now and inject them into this comment if I can edit, but this is my first post so I might be limited, we’ll see.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58213https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58213Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:59:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:49:50 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL

Do you have the necessary files in the same folder as the notepad++.exe you are trying to run?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58212https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58212Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:49:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:22:30 GMT]]>I have another problem with the “debug” build version. When I execute notepad++.exe by clicking on it or in a command prompt, there is nothing showing up. No error, no warning, no content!
FYI, the version I try to launch is located at “\visual.net\x64\Unicode Debug.”

Another thing which looks strange to me is when I run the local debugger on the project, it goes to the file "Notepad_plus.h and show me this error:
dd276692-6819-4746-b15e-82cc8f288a5d-image.png

When I try to look further, I got this other error which prevent me to further:
49aea442-b4ea-4525-9702-abac471ce1e7-image.png

I 'm not sure if the first error trigger the second or the opposite but I’m pretty sure that they are related to the launch problem.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58210https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58210Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:22:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Troubles building and executing NPP on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:38:21 GMT]]>@ErwanDelhoveUCL

You are probably running what you built in “release” build config.
That build requires a “signed” Scintilla DLL.
Since you don’t have a signed DLL, you are out of luck.

Hint: Build and run the “debug” build config. This one doesn’t need the “signed” DLL.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58206https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/58206Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:38:21 GMT