I see in the changelog for version 4.8.x there's a new feature to launch as notepad with notab, multiInst, and noSession. Sounds great, but ... what do I do?
So, now that I'm thinking about this, I want to use the launcher provided on the downloads page to replace notepad throughout the OS with NPP. I'd like it so that when Windows launches NPP (for example, when I open a .txt file) there's no function list plugin showing, no tab bar, no FTP sync, and no light explorer (at least two of which is always running when I use NPP normally). Ideally, I'd even get rid of the icon toolbar. That way, when Windows launches it thinking it's actually launching normal notepad.exe, it looks almost exactly like normal notepad.exe, but retains all the great NPP functionality.
Any help? Thanks!
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you could make a minimal copy of Notepad++ installation and use dolocalconf.xml to keep it in one place, then set all the settings as minimalistic as you want (no toolbar/no tabbar). Then have the Notepad++ launcher point to there if that possible
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I see in the changelog for version 4.8.x there's a new feature to launch as notepad with notab, multiInst, and noSession. Sounds great, but ... what do I do?
So, now that I'm thinking about this, I want to use the launcher provided on the downloads page to replace notepad throughout the OS with NPP. I'd like it so that when Windows launches NPP (for example, when I open a .txt file) there's no function list plugin showing, no tab bar, no FTP sync, and no light explorer (at least two of which is always running when I use NPP normally). Ideally, I'd even get rid of the icon toolbar. That way, when Windows launches it thinking it's actually launching normal notepad.exe, it looks almost exactly like normal notepad.exe, but retains all the great NPP functionality.
Any help? Thanks!
you could make a minimal copy of Notepad++ installation and use dolocalconf.xml to keep it in one place, then set all the settings as minimalistic as you want (no toolbar/no tabbar). Then have the Notepad++ launcher point to there if that possible
How exactly do I use dolocalconf.xml to do this? I'm unfamiliar with how to use XML to control config for NPP.
Thanks!
It is only a blank doc 'dolocalconf.xml' with 0kb, located in notepad++.exe dir!
You also find it in zip version.
Best Regards.