Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release

PeterJones

Automatic update isn’t triggered for every release, as is explained in the user manual. Until auto-update is triggered for a version, Notepad++'s ? > Update Notepad++ won’t see a new release as available.

The URL https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/getDownloadUrl.php shows that the last auto-update trigger was for v8.4.8, which means that for various reasons, Don has not triggered auto-update on any version since v8.4.8 (usually because bugs/regressions that Don has deemed too critical to trigger the auto-update). (That URL comes from c:\program files\Notepad++\updater\gup.xml or equivalent for your installation; the updater uses that URL, then if there is a newer version, grabs the <Location> to use for grabbing the most recent installer.)

The next version that Don feels is stable enough will have auto-update triggered, and when that happens, then (and only then) will a check for updates show available updates. When he does this, Don usually posts an update message in the “Announcement” thread: see, for example, the most recent auto-update in v8.4.8 Release topic, where he said, “FYI: Auto-update for v8.4.8 has been triggered.” If you haven’t seen that message from Don in a given “Announcement” topic, then that version hasn’t been triggered yet.

windvane

“Edit with Notepad++” context menu is still missing in Win7x64

PeterJones

@windvane said in Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release:

“Edit with Notepad++” context menu is still missing in Win7x64

As it says here, Win7 is in the “can be run but not supported” status.

But honestly, in Win7, it’s super-easy for you to manually edit the registry in a single location and have it add “Edit in Notepad++”:

go to HKCU\Software\Classes\*\Shell (for just you) or HKLM\Software\Classes\*\Shell (for “all users”) – if it doesn’t exist, create the Shell key under *
create Key under Shell called MyNotepad++
- set value called (Default) to Edit with Notepad++
create Key under MyNotepad++ called command
- set value called (Default) to "c:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1" (yes, include those quote marks!)

After exiting the regedit, you may have to log out and log back in, or maybe even reboot. But after that, you should have Edit with Notepad++ in your Windows 7 Context Menu.

windvane

@PeterJones Thank you.

Hammerfest

@donho
I replied in the github as well since I had the issue occur as well

The test build did not resolve the issue, sysprep generalize fails, aborts operation cannot be completed until issue is resolved.

Gittyperson

Since the last couple of updates, the context menu entry on Windows 10 has vanished. I am talking about the direct Notepad++ context menu single entry, not the Windows Open With submenu entries.

I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling NPP, running the installer as admin, sfc /scannow, re-registering file associations within NPP. Nothing works, and that useful entry does not appear any more.

Windows 10 22H2 x64 (19045.2846)

PeterJones

@Gittyperson said in Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release:

Since the last couple of updates, the context menu entry on Windows 10 has vanished.

It was tested on Win 10 before release, and it worked there. So something weird must be going on.

But as I told the Win7 user a couple posts above, as a workaround, doing the registry edit above will give you an “Edit with Notepad++” entry which works in every Windows before Windows 11.

Gittyperson

@PeterJones, thanks. I tried something else first, which worked.

As before, fully uninstalled NPP
Installed 8.4.9, instead of going directly to 8.5.2
Context menu entry appeared
Updated to all subsequent versions (8.5, 8.5.1, 8.5.2)
Context menu entry remained.

Can’t say what caused this. Could be related to the recent context menu changes. Or not.

Gittyperson

@PeterJones It disappeared again, for no apparent reason. I tried your registry tip and it worked, but lacked the green npp icon next to it. Don’t know if that’s expected or part of this whole context menu issue. I also got two entries at some point, one with the icon and another without.

Uninstalled everything again, reinstalled 8.4.9 (again, proper entry appears immediately after install as expected) and will stick with it for now to see what happens.

Vess Nedevski

@David-Taylor I have the same issue after updating to NPP 8.5.4, please fix it.