hi all,
i have a problem with my notepad++ portable application.
i installed it in a directory and i wanted to adjust my notepad++ default notepad application.
so i made some adjustments.
while doing this adjustments, when i changed Notepad++Portable.exe file's name to Notepad++.exe and double clicked on it i got an error which says 'Another instance of Notepad++ is already running. Please close other instances of Notepad++ before launching Notepad++ Portable.'
i controlled and there wasn't any other instances of Notepad++.
but the strange thing is, i didn't get any errors when it name was Notepad++Portable.exe.
when it name was Notepad++Portable.exe and when i double clicked on it, it works normally.
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Problem with Notepad++ Portable v 5.1.1
November 19, 2008 - 5:02am
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Problem with Notepad++ Portable v 5.1.1
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That's because it checks for a running instance of Notepad++.exe to determine if Notepad++ is running, so when you renamed it the launcher was detecting itself.
i know, but there is no Notepad++.exe instances running at that time.
i deleted all registry entries including Notepad++ and closed all running processes related to Notepad++ and restarted my PC and that error was still there.
the strange thing is that.
It's detecting itself. As soon as you run the renamed launcher, it see Notepad++.exe (itself) running. You can't open up portable apps (or any software, really) and begin doing random stuff like renaming EXEs and expect them to function properly.
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I am not sure whether you have a workaround; i changed the executable name and was able to launch NP++