Same NPP executable run on multiple PC : need their own sessions

Gian Matteo

I have a Dropbox folder shared among three computers.

That said, on each of these computers I launch the same NPP executable.

I would like to have each computer remembering (say saving) its own session on NPP close.

I have tried both through the command line parameter -openSession and NppSessionMgr but it seems there is no way to get it.

Please tell me I can achieve that in some way.

Thanks a lot
Gin

Alan Kilborn

@Gian-Matteo said in Same NPP executable run on multiple PC : need their own sessions:

I have a Dropbox folder shared among three computers.

What’s important to N++ that is in this shared Dropbox folder?

…I launch the same NPP executable.

So presumably you have a “portable” N++ in the shared folder?

Is your session.xml file part of the shared folder content, i.e., are you running with a “local” configuration?

I’d think that if you weren’t running with a “local” config, i.e., your settings are stored in %appdata%\Notepad++, that each computer is NOT sharing %appdata% information, and you’d be all set and independent.

But you say this is not the case, so I think you’d need to provide some more detail in order for someone to help.

mkupper

@Gian-Matteo - Try experimenting with Notepad++'s -settingsDir command line option. If you point it at a folder that is not shared with the other computers then it will be in it’s own session.

Keep in mind that Notepad++ reads its configuration and session files when it starts and writes then back out when you exit or close Notepad++. Thus, you will need to move and think carefully when testing out and using more than one copy of Notepad++ at the same time either on the same or different machines.

It is likely possible* to do what you want to do but you have not provided enough information about how you are currently set up for others to provide suggestions that may be a better fit for your situation or desires.

* I had to add an asterisk as there is one issue you may run into which is Notepad++ does not have perfect support for running two or more instances of Notepad++ on the same machine at the same time.