Notepad++ 8.8.8 release

donho

Notepad++ release 8.8.8 is available:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v888-released/

Notepad++ v8.8.8 new features, regression fixes & bug-fixes:

Add Notepad++ MSI (x64) for enterprise IT deployment. (Fix #2326, #2368, #16767)
Security enhancement: prevent Notepad++ Updater from being hijacked. (Implement #17116, commit)
Fix multi-selection crash (regression) when smart highlighting is enabled. (Fix #17086, #17126)
Add tab label length limitation option to have reasonable tab width. (Fix #3332, #5563, #12563, #16417)
Improve the performance of saving session on exit. (Implement #17079)
Fix Distraction free mode disabling tab bar hiding regression. (Fix #17102, #16831)
Add text scale support. (Fix #16427, #17167, #17129)
Fix switching among some encoding not working issue. (Fix #17033)
Fix Notepad++ not handle system default code page UTF-8 well. (Fix #17057)
Improve Rust handling: keywords and autoCompletion. (Fix #16904)

As usual, auto-updater will be triggered in one week, if no critical issue found.

MelchiorGaspar

quick note about this update… for some reason the exe installer got stuck during the regsvr32 phase…
for about 30-60 seconds… then it finally completed… and exited…
I am running Windows 11 PRO v25H2 build 26200.7171

Rolf Witt

@MelchiorGaspar

Looks like a Windows 11 bug. When an installer calls regsrv32.exe, dllhost.exe crashes. This also happens with other installers. However, I don’t know where to report this error to Microsoft.
The ‘good news’ is that apart from the extended installation time, there don’t seem to be any other consequences.