<![CDATA[Installer Stub to allow calling it and always getting the current version to install during Windows Sandbox Spinups?]]>Hi. I’ve been using windows Sandbox for many years now to do things online. Kind of like another layer of defense from malware exploits if going to a compromised website, and who knows which sites got hacked today.
Today I was thinking it sure would be nice to have a Notepad on Windows Sandbox. For some reason Windows Sandbox doesn’t even include a notepad which always seemed odd, they include windows Backup which is even more odd…

I recently started using the Firefox stub app to always have the newest Firefox installed and that is working perfectly. For many years I was downloading the standalone version and replacing it in the Sandbox Folder to get a close to newest versions. That stub was a god send. No more downloading the file and renaming it so my sandboxconfig.bat file called it each time I . Now I just call the stub and it downloads and installs the newest each time I need a sandbox.

My question is this: Does Notepad++ have a similar stub program I can call each time I spin up a Sandbox? That would be an aw-sum thing to have in a sandbox vm. Thanks, Bill

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27217/installer-stub-to-allow-calling-it-and-always-getting-the-current-version-to-install-during-windows-sandbox-spinupsRSS for NodeFri, 10 Jul 2026 08:27:56 GMTMon, 27 Oct 2025 17:19:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Installer Stub to allow calling it and always getting the current version to install during Windows Sandbox Spinups? on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:00:43 GMT]]>winget install Notepad++.Notepad++

I think the sandbox has winget. It has been a while since I have used it. Use -i if you want to select install options.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/103685https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/103685Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:00:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Installer Stub to allow calling it and always getting the current version to install during Windows Sandbox Spinups? on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:59:42 GMT]]>@Bill-Connell ,

Does Notepad++ have a similar stub program I can call each time I spin up a Sandbox?

There is currently no stub installer for Notepad++ (assuming, by “stub program”, you mean a mini installer which just downloads and installs the most recent Notepad++ installer)

For it to work in your sandbox, does it have to be an executable? Or could it be a script (like a .ps1 file). Because a stub-like process could be to send a request to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/getDownloadUrl.php?version=8&param=x64 to get an XML result which will give the URL to the most recent 64-bit installer that has triggered auto-update, and then grab the installer from the URL in that XML, and then run that to install the lasted auto-update version.

If a powershell script would work, someone who was interested could probably hack one up for you (I’ve not done a lot with powershell, but I think I could figure out something, given a bit of time).

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