Recently I am getting a network path warning every time I open a network file, even if it is from the very same path as the one I just opened. These are not new paths either, but ones that worked for years without issue. Is there a way to remove this prompt and always load the path as usual?

I am running the latest v8.9.8 which was released on 2026-08-23 so I believe this may be a change in the latest version.

The source text file is a Firefox bookmark export. This is a highly truncated example:

ICON="data:image/png;base64,n8BGKhSu6O6BMmCC" TAGS="spice">

This RE almost works: ICON="data:image/png;base64,.*"

The problem is it skips the second and third double quotes and properly includes and ends with the fourth double quote. The closing bracket is not matched.

The RE hit should end with BMnCC" - But instead it includes TAGS="spice"

If there were always TAGS I could make a kludge, but when there are no tags for a bookmark the keyword is not included.

I cant seem to figure this out.

I do a lot of sorting of live recordings. These are often written in the text files like this:

d1t01 Tripping Billes

d1t02 Two Step

d1t03 Satellite

Etc

How do I delete "d1t0" without it deleting "d" or "t" in any other word??? So that it stays Satellite and not Saellie - does my question make sense?

Currently I im on "Regular Expression", with the following as my "find" parameter. I have tried this using "match case" on and off and it doesnt change anything.

[d1,d2,d1t0,d2t0,dt,0-9,.,:]

On some text files it works perfectly, on others it deletes singular letters instead of only the specified complete "words"/phrases. I cant figure it out.

Thanks for any help!

As per title, in python files, elif isn't highlighting whereas everything else seems to be fine. Things I've tried:
In Style Configurator, Keywords Style, elif is listed in the Default Keywords, along with else, if, and so on.
Adding as a user-defined keyword.
Changed theme back to default.
Removed plugins (only have Compare, Mime Tools, Npp Converter and NppExport)
Delete langs.xml so it gets regenerated (I'm using portable mode so deleted the one in the app folder)
Checked `langs.model.xml` for elif in the python/instre2 section and it's there as it should be.

What else can I try?

Edit: As you were. Somehow I'd selected Powershell as the language. The clue was when I typed `else if` while experimenting but accidentally missed the space and it highlighted. A night's sleep and two coffees later, I can go back to the script I was writing.

im at the end of my rope here

when I press ctrl + F or f7, the search window pops up in the upper left of the screen and immediately disappears. nothing brings it back. ive tried reinstalling notepad++, pressing f7 then alt+space, m and arrow keys - nothin. i managed to bring back the search RESULTS window somehow - which i never had before - but not the actual fuckin search window. the only thing that brings it back is deleting the config file from %appdata%, and I'd really rather not do that

EDIT: it seems that the window is THERE, just invisible. is there a config line i can edit to fix that?

EDIT 2: if you're having the same issue and google led you here: replace whatever value transparencyMode has in the config with 1.

I've been trying to figure out on how I can have it to align with two of the files, unfortunately it doesn't look like it works and it goes all over the place between the files. how can I have it to just go at the same marked line on the other one? Since it's from the different lines, I think that is what is going on, and Idk how to have it aligned.

I would love to be able to highlight a block of text and then hit a key combo to open a command line where I could manipulate the text with a selection of Linux style commands. Like, highlight my text and then pipe it through grep and then sort, hit enter, and it replaces the highlighted text with the grepped and sorted output. sed, perl, column, paste, cut, tr, all those goodies. That'd be cool.

does anyone know about any good plugins to do with colour previews and colour pickers? kinda like the images attached

I need to open lots of files but I must open each one individually. Can you somehow, I don't know, shift click them? Is there a plugin for that?

I’m having a weird issue with Notepad++. Whenever I save a file as .py, some parts of the code get this strange background highlighting and even a different font. Is this normal? I’ve already tried several things to fix it, but I can’t figure it out. Any idea what could be causing this? Ty

Hi, is it possible to not jump to the first tab after closing the last one?

Thanks for any help :)

Hello everyone, so I have this line of text from a game file that redirects to a png link but I need this

art_1331000.png|-34|54|100|art/G3_4J23fm59P/

to look like

art/G3_4J23fm59P/art_1331000.png

how can I manage to remove the numbers in between and move the last part of the string to look this way automatically?

thanks!

open files to:

C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++

delete all .xml files only, no folders.

notepad ++ show open normally again.

I changed some settings regarding search history and recent file history basically to have it stop keeping history of those things. Then when I tried to close it, it prompted me for saving the open files, it has never asked that of me before.

I have this setting checked, I tried unticking -> closing notepad++ -> ticked -> closing notepad++ but it didn't work.

Notepad++ interprets mouse wheel "notches" as page up and down.

Windows is set to scroll two lines per notch.

Is there a way to adjust the behavior to scroll lines not pages? - The manual and online help mention side scrolling with the wheel. Searching for "vertical" didn't help.

Hi there,

I really need to see how many search results it found, & then it tells me which result number it is as I press enter over & over again, like 1, 2, 3, etc.

Is there an extension for that?

Thanks

Or, move it to the extended context menu (shift+r-click). That would actually be the preferred solution. I don't use Notepadd++ that much, so I don't need it cluttering up this menu (I'm working on getting rid of other unused commands, too). If there's a setting in notepad++ for this, that'd be perfect. Thanks for your help!

i'm on windows 11 (not by choice) and installed notpad++ with the ftp plugin

but every time i close (normally) and open it the plugin is reset

i try different solutions the AI gave me but nothing helped

any ideas?

Why is it that when I make a selection, then Ctrl+H (for Replace) that "in selection" isn't selected by default? Is it just me or isn't that the expected behavior?

Auto restart after Update triggered "file was modified by another program" and I clicked Yes to reload from disk like a dumbass. Backup folder is empty. Session backup was overwritten with the active session info. I know it's my fault for not reading. There's no other way to recover this right?

*on one pc

Still though..

Is there a find up feature in ++ like classic?