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    • Steve TS
      Steve T
      last edited by

      Using v7.9.1, the Function List quit working a few days ago. I mainly use it for C/C++ files. There is a functionlist.xml file in the Program Files directory and the %APPDATA% directory. How do I get it working again?

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @Steve T
        last edited by PeterJones

        @Steve-T said in Function List no longer works:

        Using v7.9.1, the Function List quit working a few days ago. I mainly use it for C/C++ files. There is a functionlist.xml file in the Program Files directory and the %APPDATA% directory. How do I get it working again?

        Notepad++ v7.9.1 changed the Function List functionality. When you upgraded to v7.9.1, it should have created the functionList subdirectory in at least the executable directory. If it didn’t add it to %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\, copy the one from the executable into the AppData location. When I deleted the %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\ folder and ran Notepad++, it wouldn’t parse the function list; when I copied the folder from the executable directory to there, and re-ran Notepad++, it would show function lists again.

        If that works for you, I recommend going to the issues page and submitting an issue – point that issue here, and paste a link here to your issue. In your issue, make sure you explain you upgraded from some previous version to v7.9.1, and function list stopped working; then, when you copied the <executable-dir>\functionList\ folder to %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\, the function list feature started working again; then ask that they make sure that Notepad++ populate the AppData version of the functionList folder if it’s missing when it loads.

        edit: PS: it’s not that I want to make more work for you, and refuse to do the work of making the issue report myself; the developer historically puts higher weight on issues discovered and reported by users “in the wild” than on issues reported by Forum regulars. /edit

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        • Steve TS
          Steve T
          last edited by

          Creating a functionList directory in %APPDATA% didn’t help.

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @Steve T
            last edited by

            @Steve-T

            Did you just create the folder, or did you copy the folder with all its contents. An empty folder is equivalent to a missing folder: it won’t work.

            Did you remember to exit Notepad++ and reload Notepad++ before checking if it works? Notepad++ won’t see those files appeared unless you exit and start fresh.

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            • Steve TS
              Steve T
              last edited by

              I created the folder and copied the functionList.xml file from Program Files\Notepas++ to it. Then I closed and restarted notepad++.

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @Steve T
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                @Steve-T said in Function List no longer works:

                I created the folder and copied the functionList.xml file

                I guess you didn’t understand what I was explaining: You need to copy all the individual <exedirectory>\functionList\*.xml files into %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\*.xml . It’s not just one file; it’s one file per programming language, plus a map file. Just copy them all, in bulk.

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn
                  last edited by Alan Kilborn

                  Wah! Wah!
                  Just make my feature work! :-)
                  (At least that’s the feeling I get)

                  @Steve T
                  Sometimes functionality changes for the better, and you actually have to dig into the details of making something work. Sorry, but that’s the way things are.
                  Listen to @PeterJones (carefully). He’ll spoon feed ya.

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                  • Steve TS
                    Steve T
                    last edited by

                    Correct, I didn’t understand. The directory now contains functionList.xml, langs.model.xml, shortcuts.xml, and stylers.model.xml. That’s all the xml files in Program Files\notepad++. Closed notepad++. Reopened notepad++. Still no function list.

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                    • PeterJonesP
                      PeterJones @Steve T
                      last edited by PeterJones

                      @Steve-T ,

                      No. You still don’t understand. You are not copying the right files into there yet. When I said <exedirectory>\functionList\*.xml, I meant c:\program files\Notepad++\functionList\*.xml – notice the folder named functionList in that path.

                      Look in c:\program files\notepad++\ – if you’re really on v7.9.1, there should be a folder called functionList. I am NOT talking about the file called functionList.xml – I am talking about a folder. Copy that entire folder. Go to %AppData%\Notepad++, paste the folder in there. There should now exist %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\ folder, with about 27 files, each named after a different programming language.

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                      If you still don’t understand which files I am talking about, open up your Windows Explorer, go to c:\program files\Notepad++, and do a Alt+Printscreen of that directory; paste it in your reply. Then do a Alt+Printscreen of your %AppData%\Notepad++ folder, and paste it in your reply. This will give us a common baseline for communication.

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                      • Steve TS
                        Steve T
                        last edited by

                        There is no folder named functionList in Program Files. All the xml files are in the same folder as the exe.

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                        • PeterJonesP
                          PeterJones @Steve T
                          last edited by

                          @Steve-T ,

                          So you’re saying that when you upgraded to Notepad++ v7.9.1, it didn’t even put the functionList folder in the executable directory, let alone in the %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList ? It’s worse than I thought.

                          Please download v7.9.1 portable zip, open the zipfile, and copy the functionList folder (including all its contents) into c:\program files\notepad++, so that there will be a functionList subfolder in the program files\notepad++ folder. Then copy that folder (and all its contents) into %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList

                          Looks like when I get home tonight, I am going to have to explore what happens when I upgrade my v7.9 to v7.9.1 installation (since my daytime computer just uses portable, and I don’t then see what the installer does). If I can replicate your installation/upgrade’s poor behavior, I will put in the bug report myself.

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                          • Steve TS
                            Steve T
                            last edited by

                            That worked. Thank you.

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                            • PeterJonesP
                              PeterJones @Steve T
                              last edited by

                              @Steve-T ,

                              Glad it worked.

                              Future Interested Readers,

                              I ran the experiment on an older computer: it previously had v7.7 installed, and I upgraded to v7.9.1.

                              1. I am doing the installation as user “Kids”, which is a member of the Admins group (though the kids don’t know it), so it allowed me to do the installation
                              2. During the upgrade install, it had a checkbox (default on) to install the Function List Files. This needs to be on. You can see behind the install window that neither my AppData nor my Program Files Notepad++ folder has a functionList subfolder yet.
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                              3. After I complete the installation, you can see that the AppData does have the functionList folder, but the Program Files does not.
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                              4. When I pick a functioned language (Perl), the function list works.
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                              5. I then swapped to my “Peter” account
                                f73460e9-cc43-4bb8-885a-776a9a4a5c72-image.png – when I run Notepad++ then open the AppData folder, it does not create or populate the functionList subfolder, and the function list feature does not work.

                              So, now that I see how it actually works, I have enough that I will put in a bug report. I will paste a link to the report after it’s created.

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                              • PeterJonesP
                                PeterJones @PeterJones
                                last edited by

                                @PeterJones said in Function List no longer works:

                                I have enough that I will put in a bug report. I will paste a link to the report after it’s created.

                                Actually, someone else already described that behavior = issue#9134

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                                • Wolfram GreipelW
                                  Wolfram Greipel
                                  last edited by

                                  Hello, I can confirm the problem.
                                  While doing the upgrade I can’t remember to be asked (Checkbox) for installing “function list files” - I think that would have been noticed, because the “function list feature” is a well known and often used function for me. -> Result: No “functionList”-folder in the installation directory after update (c:\Progs\Notepad++ in my case), also nothing in “AppData\Roaming\Notepad++” where it has to be (I know now).
                                  I have a Win10 Pro 64bit (v20H2) Workstation here and the domain user I’m logged in has almost 100% admin right’s on that machine.
                                  (P.S.: But it’s the 32bit-Version of Notepad++ -> can there be any correlation?)
                                  Thanks for the good explanation - for the moment this bugfix helped me! ;-)

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                                  • donhoD
                                    donho
                                    last edited by

                                    FYI:
                                    https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/814e6591b5c37da7c6d84c4b67a6e73d645a318f

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