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    • xomxX
      xomx @Goff Fred
      last edited by

      @Goff-Fred said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

      Command Line : “C:”

      ?!
      I noticed this debug info cmdline param - if I’m not mistaken, it means that the OP tried to open all the files on the C: drive in N++!

      Anyway, because it’s about graphics, I’d try to play with the Preferences > MISC. > DirectWrite checkbox setting.

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      • Brad MartinB
        Brad Martin @xomx
        last edited by

        @xomx This fixed it for me. Thank you!!!

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        • Sabin PopescuS
          Sabin Popescu @Sabin Popescu
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          I’ve noticed that I only have the issue on my secondary display.
          On the primary display of my laptop, the data/file contests are displayed properly:
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          On the secondary display , the data gets “lost” :
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          Hope it helps

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            sergiodevelop78 @xomx
            last edited by

            @xomx said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

            @Goff-Fred said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

            Command Line : “C:”

            ?!
            I noticed this debug info cmdline param - if I’m not mistaken, it means that the OP tried to open all the files on the C: drive in N++!

            Anyway, because it’s about graphics, I’d try to play with the Preferences > MISC. > DirectWrite checkbox setting.

            Thanks, changing DirectWrite to GDI it fixed the problem for me.

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            • bombitupB
              bombitup Banned @Satya Sriharsha Buddha
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              @Satya-Sriharsha-Buddha said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

              I am able to open the notepad++ and i am able to see that i can type or open new files but i am unable to see the data.

              I tried all the settings and options in the notepad++ but still can not figure it out.

              Is any one else having similar issue? any help would be appreciated.

              Version 8.7.

              Hey,
              That sounds like a rendering issue — especially if the file opens, typing works, but the content isn’t visible. A few things to try:

              Toggle “Enable Global Font”: Go to Settings → Preferences → Style Configurator and check if “Enable global font” is selected. Sometimes incorrect font rendering can cause invisible text.

              Change Theme: Switch to a different theme (like Default or Obsidian) under Style Configurator. Some themes might cause text to appear the same color as the background.

              Disable Hardware Acceleration: In Settings → Preferences → MISC, try disabling “Use DirectWrite” or any rendering-related settings.

              Delete/Reset config file: Close Notepad++, go to your config directory (usually in %AppData%\Notepad++) and rename config.xml to force a reset.

              Also, do you see the same issue with all files or just certain ones? Let us know — happy to dig deeper.

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @bombitup
                last edited by PeterJones

                That sounds like a rendering issue — especially if the file opens, typing works, but the content isn’t visible. A few things to try:

                “Rendering” is a catch all for putting any of the information on screen. So of course, if the information available in the file or typed isn’t being shown, it’s a “rendering issue”.

                Toggle “Enable Global Font”: Go to Settings → Preferences → Style Configurator and check if “Enable global font” is selected. Sometimes incorrect font rendering can cause invisible text.

                NEVER recommend Global Font unless someone has asked to get rid of syntax highlighting in all files. For you to recommend that makes it obvious you have no clue what you’re talking about.

                Change Theme: Switch to a different theme (like Default or Obsidian) under Style Configurator. Some themes might cause text to appear the same color as the background.

                This is the only sentence you’ve written in the forum yet that would surprise me and impress me if it were written by Generative AI. But it’s still essentially my advice from Oct 2024 recommending checking the Style Configurator for accidental corruption. But this was one of the early reports of the DirectWrite issue that’s cropped up, and is not something I’d recommend after 6 months of learning about it.

                Disable Hardware Acceleration: In Settings → Preferences → MISC, try disabling “Use DirectWrite” or any rendering-related settings.

                The Direct Write suggestion was already made by @xomx in February. And it’s not “hardware acceleration”.

                Delete/Reset config file: Close Notepad++, go to your config directory (usually in %AppData%\Notepad++) and rename config.xml to force a reset.

                Horrible advice. Telling someone to delete all their settings without first making a backup – in case they want to go back to the original settings – borders on malicious behavir.

                Also, do you see the same issue with all files or just certain ones?

                And that’s just another rip-off of my October advice.

                Let us know — happy to dig deeper.

                Based on the quality of your answer here, and the AI-generated nature of your previous post, I am not convinced any digging you did would be meaningful; further, @xomx already did the digging, and got the right answer, as any human who read this entire discussion would easily grasp.


                Admin update: that individual has been banned for spam posts, in addition to their AI nonsense posts. Sorry for their waste of bandwidth, and any replies they sparked.

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                • xomxX
                  xomx
                  last edited by

                  I’d like to ask the affected users here, for which switching the DirectWrite OFF helped - what OS, graphics card and version of its drivers are they using?

                  E.g. post: Windows 10, Nvidia GeForce xyz, 2/24/2023 30.0.14.7430

                  (you can find such info e.g. by WinKey+R, type there devmgmt.msc -> OK, and check the Display Adapters > doubleclick on an adapter > Driver tab)

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                  • mathlete2M
                    mathlete2 @PeterJones
                    last edited by mathlete2

                    @PeterJones said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

                    Delete/Reset config file: Close Notepad++, go to your config directory (usually in %AppData%\Notepad++) and rename config.xml to force a reset.

                    Horrible advice. Telling someone to delete all their settings without first making a backup – in case they want to go back to the original settings – borders on malicious behavior.

                    FWIW, the Delete part was misleading; the actual instructions say to rename the config file, which backs it up.

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                    • PeterJonesP
                      PeterJones @mathlete2
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                      @mathlete2 said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

                      FWIW, the Delete part was misleading; the actual instructions say to rename the config file, which backs it up.

                      You are right, they gave conflicting instructions, saying to “delete/reset” the config file, but then “actually” only saying to rename it. But in general, their advice was bad – and elsewhere, in posts that another moderater had already deleted, that person spammed with links to their own website, which I confirmed had nothing to do with Notepad++, despite claims in the spam posts that going to their website would help solve a N++ problem. They were a spammer, probably assisted with generative AI posts, both of which are forbidden here and grounds for immediate banning.

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                      • Ildefonso ZanetteI
                        Ildefonso Zanette @xomx
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                        @xomx said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:

                        I’d like to ask the affected users here, for which switching the DirectWrite OFF helped - what OS, graphics card and version of its drivers are they using?

                        E.g. post: Windows 10, Nvidia GeForce xyz, 2/24/2023 30.0.14.7430

                        (you can find such info e.g. by WinKey+R, type there devmgmt.msc -> OK, and check the Display Adapters > doubleclick on an adapter > Driver tab)

                        I have a NVidia RTX driver and also an odd one: "Parsec Virtual Display Adapter"Driver. I’m suspecting that the parsec display might be the guilty one…

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