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The newest versions of Notepadd++ seem to become less stable. While the earlier versions never crashed, this becomes more and more common with the newer versions.
Although the backup-functionality is working well, I would like to mention this problem at this forum.
Pretty regularly I get the following error:
An exception occurred. Notepad++ cannot recover and must be shut down.
Code: 0xC0000005
Access violation
Exception address: 0x004029F0
If you got this, you must be given a chance to generate a dump file. Say yes and email the zipped .dmp file to donho. He'll have a snapshot of N++ on the crash, which is invaluable to diagnose and fix the condition.
CChris
Also, it's important to rule out a plugin. If you remove all your plugins, then try it again. Plugins often cause notepad++ to crash, so it's important to rule that out.
Also rule out Windows VIsta's User Account Control.
Try running Notepad++ as an administrator and see if you still get this access violation (or lose settings).
Thanks
The really helpful informations are the version you use, the list of plugins and the instructions to reproduce the crash.
We can only work based on the above tangible elements.
Don
Got a crash with 5.4.3 (UNICODE), standard version (i.e. not the one I've compiled myself).
Start a find in files with Light Explorer open, and N++ crashed. Can repro about 1 time out of 3.
Installed plugins:
09/06/2008 06:33 AM 53,248 docMonitor.dll
05/14/2009 07:25 PM 262,144 HexEditor.dll
03/22/2009 12:08 AM 180,224 LightExplorer.dll
02/17/2009 08:33 AM 282,624 MultiClipboard.dll
01/25/2009 01:23 PM 323,584 NppExec.dll
05/31/2009 11:25 PM 274,432 NppPlugin_ChangeMarker.dll
02/07/2009 01:05 PM 229,376 NPPTextFX.dll
11/17/2008 03:13 PM 81,920 SpellChecker.dll
Where can I send the dump file?
joce.
AFAIK, Light Explorer has no official Unicode version.
What happen if you remove Light Explorer plugin?
Don
Joce,
Please try to reproduce the crash AFTER REMOVING the following plugins :
05/14/2009 07:25 PM 262,144 HexEditor.dll
03/22/2009 12:08 AM 180,224 LightExplorer.dll
02/17/2009 08:33 AM 282,624 MultiClipboard.dll
Don
Found the source of the crash and fixed it.
A buffer of insufficient length was being written to, and it was overwriting some memory. This occurred only when searching within deep paths.
You can get the fix at:
http://github.com/joce/notepad-plus/commit/5f827cd45a5a61c6b73cdf196e2c8366d25ee836
Well done Joce.
The fix will be included in the next release.
Don
I am using notepad version v5.4.3 (UNICODE).
The plugins I am using are:
docMonitor.dll
FTP_synchronize.dll
mimeTools.dll
NppExec.dll
NppExport.dll
NppNetNote.dll
NppPlugin_ChangeMarker.dll
NppTextFX.dll
SpellChecker.dll
libTidy.dll (seperate directory within plugins\Config)
So I am not using the dll's HexEditor.dll,LightExplorer.dll, and
MultiClipboard.dll at all.
For me it is hard to reproduce the crash, but I have a dump-file (NppDump.dmp). I understand that I can send it to donho, but which mail-address can I use.
We all try not to expose it too clearly because of spam.
The readme.txt file along notepad++.exe has the adress on its last line.
CChris
I sent the last dump file to donho.
Thanks for repairing the bug.
However, I am not used to compile notepad++ myself.
In which version of notepad++ wilI this bugfix be included? And when will this version be available, so that I can download the executables.