N++ doesn'tt use the registry (long sigh of relief). However, it has two schemes for storing configuration.
The first one is to use %APPDATA%\Notepad++\. The second is to store config files in the folder Notepad++.exe lies.
The installer gives you the opportunityy to choose, and suggests that not using %APPDATA% is not recommended. Indeed, there is one advantage and one disadvantage:
* If you use %APPDATA%, you have one set of files shared by sveral copies of Notepa++.exe. This is good when you want to replace vintage Notepad, since several copies are to be replaced.
* If you use %APPDATA%, Windows Vista and later may give you helll trying to change a setting, if you are not an admin.
If your config files are on %AOODATA% and you change your mind, copy them to hthe notepad++.exe folder AND create an empty doLocalConf.xml file there, so as to override the %APPDATA% stuff.
CChris
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I downloaded the portable version of Notebook.
As I found out all (modified) preferences were saved into Registry or somewhere else.
How can I tell (AFTER installation/extraction) NP++ to save all settings into an *.ini file in the installation directory?
Peter
N++ doesn'tt use the registry (long sigh of relief). However, it has two schemes for storing configuration.
The first one is to use %APPDATA%\Notepad++\. The second is to store config files in the folder Notepad++.exe lies.
The installer gives you the opportunityy to choose, and suggests that not using %APPDATA% is not recommended. Indeed, there is one advantage and one disadvantage:
* If you use %APPDATA%, you have one set of files shared by sveral copies of Notepa++.exe. This is good when you want to replace vintage Notepad, since several copies are to be replaced.
* If you use %APPDATA%, Windows Vista and later may give you helll trying to change a setting, if you are not an admin.
If your config files are on %AOODATA% and you change your mind, copy them to hthe notepad++.exe folder AND create an empty doLocalConf.xml file there, so as to override the %APPDATA% stuff.
CChris