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    • inu20I
      inu20
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      Hi community,
      My notepad++ always get slower and slower after using for a while, it’s lagging when typing or open a sub-window. Also, there’s a bunch of progress as screenshot below running in background and didn’t be clear out when I close the window.
      e63f783c-ae82-4b0c-94d7-fad6a1c0a8ef-image.png

      Does anyone know why and how to fix it? is that result in using too much multiple windows( 5 - 7 ) at same time? >"<

      For your reference, the version of my Notepad++ is v8.4.4(32-bit) and the following are the plugins I’ve installed.
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      Many thanks.

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      • Terry RT
        Terry R @inu20
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        @inu20 said in Notepad++ is getting slower:

        My notepad++ always get slower and slower after using for a while,

        Are you opening each new tab or file in a “new instance” of Notepad++? This would be dependent on having the setting to allow “multi-instance”, see image below and note my setting is “mono-instance”.
        f2fc1f5c-5a4d-45ff-93ba-58c953cf3058-image.png .

        As it is, you may need to provide more information on how you use Notepad++ and if you leave it running if you put your PC to sleep.

        Terry

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        • inu20I
          inu20 @Terry R
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          @Terry-R Hello Terry, my setting is ‘Always in multi-instance’ as screenshot below.
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          I usually open a new instance for keeping different tasks in separate windows, so I might have multiple instances at same time and each has multiple files opening. After one of instance been closed, a new Notepad++ process created and running in the background, and as the screenshot at the original post, the list might increases over than 10 processes in a day and can only be killed one by one by manually or by restart the PC.

          Please let me know what else information that I could provide. >"<

          Many thanks,
          N

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @inu20
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            @inu20 said in Notepad++ is getting slower:

            After one of instance been closed, a new Notepad++ process created and running in the background, and as the screenshot at the original post, the list might increases over than 10 processes in a day and can only be killed one by one by manually or by restart the PC.

            I cannot replicate that, even when I switched to “always start in new instance” checked to try to replicate your experience. When I start a new instance (whether it’s by using Windows Explorer to open a file in Notepad++, or whether I move or copy the active tab in one Notepad++ instance into a new instance), a new notepad++.exe shows up in my task manager. But as soon as I exit that instance (File > Exit, or clicking on the window close-X in the upper right), the task is closed and my task manager shows one fewer notepad++.exe in the list.

            I see that your original screenshot showed a lot of plugins. You might try seeing if running without plugins (use the -noPlugin option when you launch Notepad++) fixes the problem. If it does, you can narrow it down to see which plugin is causing the problem. You also might try upgrading to v8.4.6.

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