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    Michael Pisco
    last edited by May 26, 2023, 7:13 PM

    Is anyone else starting to notice problems with Notepad++ hanging. I have yet to understand why as it doesn’t appear to be consistent. At times I have had to restart the application but other times it just hangs for 10 seconds and then everything I typed suddenly appears. I’m wondering if it has something to do with the predictive text box that tends to pop up from time to time but am not sure what I need to do to turn that off. Is there a way to stop that from happening to see if that stops my Notepad ++ from hanging?

    I’m running v 8.5.3 for a 64 bit machine.

    Thanks!

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      Alan Kilborn @Michael Pisco
      last edited by Alan Kilborn May 26, 2023, 7:41 PM May 26, 2023, 7:39 PM

      @Michael-Pisco said in Notepadd++ now seems to hang frequently.:

      the predictive text box

      Autocompletion.

      You can turn it off, go to Settings menu, choose Preferences… and then go here:

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      It is probably a plugin causing it; can you provide your debug info? Go to the ? menu and choose Debug Info…

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        Michael Pisco
        last edited by Jun 2, 2023, 8:19 PM

        Notepad++ v8.5.3 (64-bit)
        Build time : May 15 2023 - 06:09:36
        Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
        Command Line :
        Admin mode : OFF
        Local Conf mode : OFF
        Cloud Config : OFF
        OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
        OS Version : 22H2
        OS Build : 19045.3031
        Current ANSI codepage : 1252
        Plugins :
        ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
        mimeTools (2.9)
        Npp-Highlighter (1.0.0.1)
        NppConverter (4.5)
        NppExport (0.4)
        NPPJSONViewer (1.40)
        NppXmlTreeviewPlugin (2)
        XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

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          Michael Pisco
          last edited by Jun 2, 2023, 8:21 PM

          Thanks for the tip. I tried turning off auto-complete but it doesn’t seem to have affected anything. It still hangs a lot.

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            PeterJones @Michael Pisco
            last edited by Jun 2, 2023, 8:31 PM

            @Michael-Pisco ,

            Based on your Debug Info, my first guess would be that Npp Highlighter is the culprit. The “Possible Culprit: Plugin” section of this FAQ will help you narrow down whether it’s that plugin, a different plugin, or not a plugin.

            You also didn’t mention the filesize: if it’s greater than a few hundred MB, builtin Notepad++ features might be slowing it down, hence the Settings > Preferences > Performance options.

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              PeterJones @Michael Pisco
              last edited by Jun 2, 2023, 8:35 PM

              @Michael-Pisco said in Notepadd++ now seems to hang frequently.:

              XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

              Oh, you also have XMLTools? If your file is an XML file, the Plugins > XMLTools > Enable XML syntax auto-check or Enable auto-validation might also be slowing down your system, because it might either be a large XML file, or have a remote-server DTD or similar.

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                Michael Pisco @PeterJones
                last edited by Jun 8, 2023, 5:55 PM

                @PeterJones The Files I’ve been working with are definitely large. They are CCDs (Continuity of Care Documents) so I will disable/remove the features you mentioned and see if that helps. Thanks again for the tip.

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