Great! If you want to try to get that functionality back, you can try:

https://github.com/vinsworldcom/nppColumnTools

There are some limitations with this plugin as well - you can’t use DirectWrite mode otherwise the ruler and text columns don’t line up.

Cheers.

NppHorizontalRuler (0.1.6)

My guess is if you disable that plugin, your problem goes away. I have an updated version of that plugin and I had to make changes twice as Scintilla and Notepad++ APIs have changed over the years. The reason I have my “own” version is that plugin was not maintained for quite some time.

Cheers.

Downloaded from notepad-plus-plus / downloads

• various versions, each one under “Download 64-bit x64” - Portable (zip)", and unpacked into the program folder.

What plugins are you using? Because most often, unexpected crashes that are reliable for you, but that no one else has seen in days or weeks or months, can be diagnosed.

To get us started in the conversation here, the best idea is to share your ?-menu’s Debug Info – which will let us know which plugins (per the above), and much other information. Since you say that it doesn’t crash until you start typing, I am hoping that you’ll be able to access the Debug Info without a crash.

Also, where did you download your copy of Notepad++? And did you get the 32bit version, the 64bit version, or the 64bit ARM version?

After you’ve shared that, you should also go read our FAQ: Notepad++ crashses/freezes/unresponsive after update , which provides a set of steps to help narrow down the root cause of the crash. Following the steps outlined in that FAQ, and reporting the results in a reply in this Topic, will help us understand what’s going wrong with your setup.