Notepad++ Using two or more desktops

[Juan Fco Rubio Diaz]

Hi.

Using Notepad++ with some desktops I have problems opening files becouse the notepad++ dont opend the file in the active desktop it swtich to another desktop, this is a problem if you need to keep diferents works in diferents desktops. Any one had the same problem and lnow how to solve?.

Regards.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Juan-Fco-Rubio-Diaz

No solution.
Notepad++ 's limited development team hasn’t tackled this particular problem yet.
There are already official “issues” open for it.

[PeterJones]

There was just a spammer who actually posted reasonable advice for a workaround:
“A workaround is to run multiple instances using the -multiInst option. Create a shortcut with notepad++.exe -multiInst to open files in the current desktop.”

(the original post had a random word converted into a link to some spammy website that had nothing to do with the question or Notepad++, hence the original poster – now banned for spamming – is not going to get credit for the solution.)

It doesn’t solve the underlying problem, but -multiInst does seem a reasonable workaround for someone who finds themselves in a multi-desktop environment. But I don’t know that it would solve Explorer > Double-Click or Explorer > Open With Notepad++ – I don’t know whether, if there’s an open Notepad++ in the current desktop, whether that instance will get preference over another Desktop’s instance, or whether the OpenWithNotepad++ will just always go to the first instance, regardless of one being open on the active desktop.

it might be something to experiment with, until such time as a solution is implemented.