I made a mistake in adding an item to the "Run" menu. I tried to eliminate the bad item by deleting its line in the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. I saved the change, shut down Notepad++ and restarted Notepad++. To my surprise the bad menu item was still there. What should I be doing to delete a bad menu item? This is with Windows XP.
Howard
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Thank you for clearing up the mystery as to why I couldn't change the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. Using your suggestion I used a different editor to edit the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. But I must have done something wrong when editing the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file with EditPad Pro as every item but the top one was missing from the "Run" menu. Hence ended up reinstalling Notepad++ to correct all of the mistakes I made in the "Run" menu.
Howard
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You may not edit it while Notepad++ is running, because Notepad++ stores this data in memory while running and writes it back to the file, overwriting your changes. You need to shut down Notepad++ BEFORE making changes.
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I made a mistake in adding an item to the "Run" menu. I tried to eliminate the bad item by deleting its line in the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. I saved the change, shut down Notepad++ and restarted Notepad++. To my surprise the bad menu item was still there. What should I be doing to delete a bad menu item? This is with Windows XP.
Howard
Thank you for clearing up the mystery as to why I couldn't change the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. Using your suggestion I used a different editor to edit the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file. But I must have done something wrong when editing the "Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file with EditPad Pro as every item but the top one was missing from the "Run" menu. Hence ended up reinstalling Notepad++ to correct all of the mistakes I made in the "Run" menu.
Howard
Do you make the same in C:\Program Files\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml file?
You may not edit it while Notepad++ is running, because Notepad++ stores this data in memory while running and writes it back to the file, overwriting your changes. You need to shut down Notepad++ BEFORE making changes.