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<a href="https://github.com/donho/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/ReleaseCandidate" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/donho/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/ReleaseCandidate</a></p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Notepad++ v8.9.4 crash-fixes, bug-fixes &amp; new improvements:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Fix crashes in FindInFiles when nativeLang.xml’s “find-result-hits” contains “%s”. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17960" rel="nofollow ugc">#17960</a>)</li>
<li>Fix drop-file crash when file path length reaches 259 characters. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17921" rel="nofollow ugc">#17921</a>)</li>
<li>Update to Scintilla 5.6.1 &amp; Lexilla 5.4.8. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17920" rel="nofollow ugc">#17920</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17864" rel="nofollow ugc">#17864</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/13522" rel="nofollow ugc">#13522</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11746" rel="nofollow ugc">#11746</a>)</li>
<li>Fix EOL conversion to Windows format not working (Scintilla update related). (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17920" rel="nofollow ugc">#17920</a>)</li>
<li>Fix rendering corruption in .bat files (Lexilla update related). (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17864" rel="nofollow ugc">#17864</a>)</li>
<li>Fix quote escaping causing incorrect JSON syntax highlighting (Lexilla update related). (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/11746" rel="nofollow ugc">#11746</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/13522" rel="nofollow ugc">#13522</a>)</li>
<li>Fix MSI installation error due to context menu item registration. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17918" rel="nofollow ugc">#17918</a>)</li>
<li>Fix NSIS installation stalling caused by context menu registration issue. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17308" rel="nofollow ugc">#17308</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17885" rel="nofollow ugc">#17885</a>)</li>
<li>Add NPP_LANG property to install a specific localization file for MSI. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/2326#issuecomment-3583203052" rel="nofollow ugc">issue reported in comment</a>)</li>
<li>Fix minimized window not restoring in administrator mode. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17945" rel="nofollow ugc">#17945</a>)</li>
<li>Fix Unicode search mismatching ANSI character ‘?’. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17125" rel="nofollow ugc">#17125</a>)</li>
<li>Fix Column Editor regression with empty fields. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17912" rel="nofollow ugc">#17912</a>)</li>
<li>Fix floating dialog content not displaying in certain situations. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17563" rel="nofollow ugc">#17563</a>)</li>
<li>Fix visual glitch when toggling group view in Document List. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/14285" rel="nofollow ugc">#14285</a>)</li>
<li>Support improved C++ 11 raw string literal handling. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17875" rel="nofollow ugc">#17875</a>)</li>
<li>Fix visual glitch in the Mark dialog. (Fix <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/16084" rel="nofollow ugc">#16084</a>, <a href="https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/17886" rel="nofollow ugc">#17886</a>)</li>
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