Exclusive Session file group

Jagganath69

I’m at a loss of how to do the settings. This is what I want to do:
I have a first session with files A,B,C & D open.
I have a second session with files A,B,E & F open.
I CLOSE N++ (no other instance open) while editing my first group A,B, C & D.
When I open the 2nd session (by double clicking the npp session file) , it opens ALL FILES from A thru F!!!
What is the settings I should have so it opens up only A,B,E & F and NO OTHER FILES ? I tried both MONO & non-MONO instance, tried with .npp as session ext.

Hope you can help me out, and thanks!

Mark Olson

@Jagganath69
If you have a set of files that you frequently open together, you might consider using project panels

TBH, the behavior you’re describing sounds desirable in most cases, because I wouldn’t want all of my files that were open in a secondary instance to be closed if I closed and reopened NPP.

guy038

Hello, @Jagganath69, @mark-olson and All,

@Jagganath69, here is a way to get exclusive session group of files :

In a DOS console window, run the command notepad++.exe -nosession
Note that I personnaly chose the ses extension as the session file extension ( Settings > Preferences > MISC. )
Open, let’s say, three files, named A, B and C
Use the File > Save session... option
Save the current session, for instance, as First.ses
Close Notepad++.exe
Restart the same command notepad++.exe -nosession
Open, this time, three other files, named D, E and F
Use the File > Save session... option
Save the current session, for instance, as Second.ses
Close Notepad++.exe
From now on :
- If you run the command notepad++.exe -nosession -openSession First.ses, the three files A, B and C will ONLY be opened
- If you run the command notepad++.exe -nosession -openSession Second.ses, the three files D, F and F will ONLY be opened
- If you run the command Notepad++.exe, you should see all the files which were present in the current session, when you last closed notepad++

Of course, when you simply start notepad++.exe, the current session may contain :

Files which are absent of all the particular sessions First.ses, Second.ses, …
Files which are present in particular sessions ONLY
Files which are present in all the particular sessions First.ses, Second.ses, …

Best Regards,

guy038