Notepad++ does not change after update

[AshutoshTiwari2017]

Notepad++ does not change after update.
We have updated the notepad++ version to 8.6 from 8.1.4 using below powershell script .

We have observed Notepad++ version is not update and it is showing 8.1.4 inside the application.
But inside the control panel it showing 8.6 or 8.5.8.

This problem is with all Notepad++ version 8.1.4 or 8.4.5 etc .

Can someone help in this issue and provide us fix .

Powershell code to update notepad++

      $notepadInstalled = $(Get-Package -Name "Notepad++*").Version  2>$null
      if ($notepadInstalled -eq $null) { Write-Host "Notepad++ is not Installed." }
      elseif( $notepadInstalled -eq '8.6' ) { Write-Host "Notepad++ is already updated to $notepadInstalled." }
      else { Write-Host "Updating Notepad++ from $notepadInstalled."
      # Modern websites require TLS 1.2
      [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

      #requires -RunAsAdministrator
      # Let's go directly to the website and see what it lists as the current version

      $BaseUri = "https://notepad-plus-plus.org"
      $BasePage = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $BaseUri -UseBasicParsing
      $ChildPath = $BasePage.Links | Where-Object { $_.outerHTML -like '*Current Version*' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty href

      # Now let's go to the latest version's page and find the installer
      $DownloadPageUri = $BaseUri + $ChildPath
      $DownloadPage = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DownloadPageUri -UseBasicParsing

      # Determine bit-ness of O/S and download accordingly
      if ( [System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem ) { $DownloadUrl = $DownloadPage.Links | Where-Object { $_.outerHTML -like '*npp.*.Installer.x64.exe"*' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty href -Unique }
      else { $DownloadUrl = $DownloadPage.Links | Where-Object { $_.outerHTML -like '*npp.*.Installer.exe"*' } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty href -Unique }
      Write-Host "Downloading the latest Notepad++ to the temp folder"
      Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DownloadUrl -OutFile "$env:TEMP\$( Split-Path -Path $DownloadUrl -Leaf )" | Out-Null
      Write-Host "Installing the latest Notepad++"
      Start-Process -FilePath "$env:TEMP\$( Split-Path -Path $DownloadUrl -Leaf )" -ArgumentList "/S" -Wait

      $notepadInstalled = $(Get-Package -Name "Notepad++*").Version  2>$null
      Write-Host "Notepad++ updated to  $notepadInstalled." }

[litos81]

Hi @AshutoshTiwari2017 ,
It would help if you can share the “Debug Info…” that is available from the ‘?’ menu of Notepad++

I´d guess the Notepad++ instance you are opening (8.1.4) was installed in a different path to the one you are installing from the PowerShell script, so probbaly you have 2 different versions of Notepad++ in your system.

[xomx]

@AshutoshTiwari2017 said in Notepad++ does not change after update:

Start-Process -FilePath “$env:TEMP$( Split-Path -Path $DownloadUrl -Leaf )” -ArgumentList “/S” -Wait

As you are using the silent N++ installation, it could be connected to:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/10189

v8.6+ installers contain a fix for such partial incomplete installations:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/5c80be7667eb84f0345ef827cab030724c2e13c6

But still - the N++ cannot be silently installed/upgraded when an instance of N++ is running. To allow this a new installer switch “/closeRunningNpp” needs to be implemented for the silent installations.