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    • Oz MO
      Oz M
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I new to this so please bare with me.
      I have been using notepad++ for over five years now and tbh, I have never had a problem with the updates.
      However, today while doing the update to v8.1.4. its bombing on install on
      Can’t write: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\GUP.exe

      now for the record I just installed windows updates that were downloaded back in August.
      and the system is now failing to update on Win 10 version 20H2.
      I am not sure if its related but figure, it might help you, help me…

      any adviced?

      Thanks,

      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++
      Create folder: C:\Users\jmendoza\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config
      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion
      Skipped: c.xml
      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion
      Skipped: cpp.xml
      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion
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      Skipped: overrideMap.xml
      Delete file: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\NppExport\NppExport.dll
      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\NppExport
      Extract: NppExport.dll
      Delete file: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\mimeTools\mimeTools.dll
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      Delete file: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\NppConverter\NppConverter.dll
      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\NppConverter
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      Output folder: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater
      Can’t write: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\GUP.exe

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @Oz M
        last edited by PeterJones

        @Oz-M ,

        This sounds like another instance of this , though that questioner never came back and reported results (edit: and maybe this posted at about the same time as yours).

        Based on this second report, I think that the update to Windows 10 ver 20H2 changed the permissions in the C:\Program Files hierarchy, meaning that your normal user account doesn’t have write permission to that directory hierarchy anymore.

        Could you follow my advice from that post:

        Make sure that you have proper write-permissions in the C:\Program Files\Notepad++\ and C:\Program Files\Notepad++\functionList\ directories. You might have to run the installer in Run as Administrator mode to get Windows to give you those permissions, or use Windows Explorer’s right click Properties > Security > Edit (or Advanced) to give your normal user permission on those directories.

        Also, make sure that when you run the installer, you don’t have another instance of Notepad++ running, and that no other application has c.xml open. (To make sure this is true, you may want to reboot before running the installer.)

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        • Oz MO
          Oz M
          last edited by

          Thank for the answer Peter,
          I actually tried to rerun the update a couple days a go and the installer was able to complete this time.
          I am not sure what changed. but I though someone would like to know.

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