N++ 8.6.0 keeps crashing

[Luc Van der Veken]

Notepad++ has become virtually unusable for me after the latest update, it keeps crashing randomly between half a minute and a couple of minutes after starting. The window just vanishes.

It does NOT seem to happen when no file is open (an empty window with just a “new 1” tab).

The last few times, it happened while I was just examining a log file: no editing, just scrolling up and down a bit.

In event log, I find these crash data:

P1: notepad++.exe
P2: 8.6.0.0
P3: 655f7723
P4: notepad++.exe
P5: 8.6.0.0
P6: 655f7723
P7: c000041d
P8: 000000000027e370

Error code c000041d would mean an exception occurred in a callback (STATUS_FATAL_USER_CALLBACK_EXCEPTION), at offset 0x27e370.

[Luc Van der Veken]

BTW: OS is Windows 11 Professional 21H2 22000.2538

[PeterJones]

@Luc-Van-der-Veken ,

Could you share your ?-menu’s Debug Info?

[Luc Van der Veken]

Notepad++ v8.6 (64-bit)
Build time : Nov 23 2023 - 16:58:44
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 21H2
OS Build : 22000.2538
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
CSScriptNpp (1.7.29)
DSpellCheck (1.4.23)
HexEditor (0.9.12)
MarkdownViewerPlusPlus (0.8.2)
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
nppcrypt (1.0.1.6)
NppEditorConfig (0.4)
NppExport (0.4)
NPPJSONViewer (1.40)
NppSaveAsAdmin (1.0.211)
PreviewHTML (1.3.2)

Do you think it could be one of the plugins?

[PeterJones]

@Luc-Van-der-Veken said in N++ 8.6.0 keeps crashing:

Do you think it could be one of the plugins?

Given the number listed, and the fact that some of those have not been updated in years, yes, it is highly likely that the culprit is one or more of the plugins.

We have a FAQ that explains some of the debug procedure you can use to determine whether it’s a plugin’s fault, and how to narrow it down to which one.

[Luc Van der Veken]

Thanks, I’ll have a look at that.

[PeterJones]

@Luc-Van-der-Veken said,:

I’ll have a look at that.

Looking through your list of plugins, likely culprits:

CSScriptNpp (1.7.29)

The version in Plugins Admin is 2.0.3, so that’s definitely out-of-date.

DSpellCheck (1.4.23)

It’s at 1.5 in Plugins Admin

HexEditor (0.9.12)

Hasn’t been updated for years

NPPJSONViewer (1.40)

Plugins Admin shows 2.0.6, so that looks highly out-of-date

[Luc Van der Veken]

To be honest, I didn’t even remember most of them being installed.
I just disabled the first half (alphabetically), and that seems to have fixed it already.
That includes all the ones you listed, except for NPPJSONViewer.
I’ll continue by removing HexEditor, I’ve got another tool for that, and updating the rest.

Sorry for running such old crap and then bothering you with the problems…