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plugins not loaded from %appdata%/notepad++

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AndyS01
2014-01-18
2014-04-27

  • AndyS01

    AndyS01 - 2014-01-18

    I can't get Notepad++ to load plugins from %appdata%\notepad++\plugins. I verified that NPP uses %appdata% by making a change to NPP's preferences and observing the change in the %appdata%/notepad++/config.xml file. The test plugin dll file I'm using is an ANSI version of FunctionList that NPP complains about because I'm running the Unicode version of NPP. If I put the dll in C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins, NPP complains about it, but if I put the dll in %appdata%\notepad++\plugins, NPP ignores it. I'm running Windows 7, and NPP Pro 6.3.2 (UNICODE).

     

    • Dave Brotherstone

      Dave Brotherstone - 2014-01-22

      There's a second file you need to include to load plugins from %APPDATA%.
      Drop a zero length file next to notepad++.exe called
      "allowAppDataPlugins.xml", then it will load plugins from %APPDATA%.
      Plugin manager has some special handling for this.

      Dave.

       

  • Murad Khan

    Murad Khan - 2014-04-25

    I'm installing NPP with the "Allow plugins to be loaded from %APPDATA%....." checkbox unchecked. What is the process for enabling this once I "know what I'm doing"?

    Cheers,

    Murad

     

  • Dave Brotherstone

    Dave Brotherstone - 2014-04-27

    Murad - read my comment above.

     
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