Notepad + ansible + win_chocolatey = head scratcher

Benoit Valenti

Hi,

i don’t know if i’m at the right place to ask this, but i’m having issue installing Notepad++ in portable mode (using /D= ) with ansible using win_chocolatey module.

---
 - name: NotePad++ installation on MMCS-WIN-01
   hosts: windows
   gather_facts: false
   tasks:
     - name: Install Notepad++ with Chocolatey module
       win_chocolatey:
        name: notepadplusplus
        install_args: "/D=C:\Notepad++"
        state: latest

Here is my playbook so far, of course i tried multiple combinations with “install_args” but the playbook still install the package with the %APPDATA% activated in c:\program files\notepad++

Hopefully someone here is familiar with this :)

Thank you kindly !

PeterJones

@benoit-valenti ,

I know nothing about “ansible”, the Chocolatey installer is not controlled by the Notepad++ developers so they don’t support installer problems with it. The actual Notepad++ installer should work with the /D=C:\Notepad++ option, so if you are having difficulty with that (without any “ansible” or “chocolatey” in the way), then let us know.

(You might also want to make sure there isn’t a previous version already existing in the c:\program files location, just so there isn’t any priority confusion for the installer)

Benoit Valenti

@peterjones
Hi, thanks for the quick answer.
i will try with win_packages to see if that works out well.

There is nothing in the c:\program files as i uninstall everything using choco uninstall and manuelly remove all remaining folders inside.

i will report back.

PeterJones

@benoit-valenti said in Notepad + ansible + win_chocolatey = head scratcher:

installing Notepad++ in portable mode (using /D= )

BTW: to clarify, /D on the installer does not make it use portable mode, it just installs to a different location. To be “portable” mode (and use the local folder rather than %AppData%\Notepad++), you must create the zero-byte doLocalConf.xml in the notepad++.exe directory.