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Notepad++ Portable

I have created a Notepad++ launcher.

OK, I know Notepad++ itself is portable, but I have some good reasons to make a launcher.

1. It makes it in the PAF format.
2. It keeps it from saving the history.

Notepad++ Portable Page: http://www.mi3soft.info/Software/Portable/notepadpp-portable

Edit: Updated to version 4.1.2

Edit2: Could a mod lock this topic please, now that I have started a new topic.

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Nice proggy

I'm amazed how many things you can change...
Is it possible to change the language (from english to german)?

It leaves stuff in my Registry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file\shell
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file\shell\open
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file\shell\open\command

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No reg for me

Hmm, I don't get those registry entries.

About the language, I'm not sure. I didn't write Notepad++ after all and I didn't see anything on the Notepad++ site.

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Anything

Anything left in the classes section of the registry cannot be modified unless you have full administration privileges. So if your using a computer account that has no admin privilidges then basically the app is going to write something to the classes section whether you like it or not
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Remember to change the

Remember to change the references to aviscreen on that page...

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Oops... Fixed.

Oops... Fixed.

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Not quite, still one

Not quite, still one reference on there!

Might as well let you know before too many people get confused!

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Passing arguments ..

.. doesnt work.

I have set notepad++ portable to be my default editor for filezilla and it doesnt work. It used to work when i just had notepad++ on the drive, so I have to assume the filename as a parameter is being ignored on your portable version (it must be possible to fix as I pass parameters to firefox portable and that works).

Is it likely this app will make it to the main apps on this site?

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Thankyou! that was a bug in

Thankyou! that was a bug in the code library that I wrote to build portable programs.

I don't know if this will get into the PA directory, it could but I would like to get a response from John on Dev-C++ p first.

Edit: Fixed.

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It Doesn't...

work as his does not include the function to accept parameters.

Here is one I just threw together with the parameters function. It will allow you to send the parameters to notepad++ in Filezilla and on the command line, or anything else.

Download it here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ek29hz

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Ahh... he beat me by three minutes. Oh well. For Info Purposes: Mine is in NSIS and does not need any settings, so it is self-contained. (No Appdata folder copying, I mean. Notepad++ does need this, it is self contained. Though they both do the same thing. Smile

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Suggestion

The xml files inside Data\settings are there just to comply with the paf specs since Notepad++ does not read the info directly from those files. So how about if the source is modified to read the "modified date", and if the xml files generated by Notepad++ are newer than the ones inside "Data\settings" then it will replace the old with the new, but if the date are the same, the files will not be moved. This will help those people using flash drives who are worried of all the writing being done. If you like, I can make the changes and forward it to you, it's just using "FileGetTime" function.

EDIT: the code is the following, just change the info for every xml file

$config_orig = FileGetTime(@scriptdir & "\" & $AppDir & "\config.xml", 0, 1)
$config_back = FileGetTime(@scriptdir & "\" & $DataDir & "\config.xml", 0, 1)
If $config_orig > $config_back then FileCopy(@scriptdir & "\" & $AppDir & "\config.xml", 
@scriptdir & "\" & $DataDir & "\config.xml", 1)

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With the way I have it the

With the way I have it the confing files are moved so there are no setting files in the application directory. Intresting idea though.

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is it possible ?

sorry for OT but is it possible to use the script for notepad++ also for scite ? both editors base on scintalla and quite similar (seems so to me).

thanks in advance for infos

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Not that I know of. John H.

Not that I know of. John H. has a SciTE Portable package in the Beta forum though. Search.

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yes i know search ;-)

yes you are right, but meanwhile version 1.73 is available and I search for an easy way to get this on my stick

edit: found a solution ... now I have 1.73 on my stick

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How to upgrade?

Is there an easy way to upgrade Notepad++Portable within the .paf format?

There is a new version 4.1.2. I am NOT asking you to post the upgrade just a how to for future releases.

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You just replace all the

You just replace all the files in App/notepad++/ except the xml files. (UPX the executables if you want.) I was planning on upgrading to that sometime anyway.

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WARNING: Deletes Important Registry Keys

Warning
This app deleted all extension information in the registry under HKCR on all 4 of 4 computers that I tried it on.
When this happens, the computer is pretty much useless. You can't run any file, because Windows no longer knows what to do with that extension. This even includes .exe files and .lnk files. I couldn't even run a virus scanner on the machine after this happened. All I did was run the app once and close it for it to delete all of the registry keys.
Notepad++ is an excellent program and I have been using it for years. This portable version needs a little more testing I would say.

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Funny you should mention that

Something was happening to my work computer where it would delete all everything in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\" and I would have to restore the computer to an earlier state. Well, I did that until I found out what was being deleted from the registry, so I just made a backup of that section and now run it whenever the extensions are not recognized. But now that you mention that it's Notepad++ that's doing it, I will try to investigate a little more and see what's going on. Now that I think about it, most of the time it would delete the extension info I was running Notepad++. hummm.

EDIT: Someone from above stated that it left stuff at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++" so the creator of the portable version added at the end if his script

If IsAdmin() And $localRegExists Then
RegDelete("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes");

but forgot to add the "\Notepad++" at the end.

@MISIIM, would you mind fixing that for the rest of the people? Thanks.
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LOL That's a pretty big

LOL
That's a pretty big oversight. How do you not notice that after you run a program your computer pretty much stops working. Smile
Looks like all I need to do is modify the file Notepad++Portable.au3 in the \Notepad++Portable\Other\Notepad++ Portable Source directory.
Thanks

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Yup

Now that I know what's going on I can laugh about it. You might not believe me but I had to reinstall windows on my work computer 2 times, I was about to call gateway to let them know what was going on, in fact, the computer tech from work had no idea what was causing it, and he just gave up also. I was about to erase all of my (portable) apps and reinstall them just in case something had a virus in there somewhere. But like I said, now that the mystery is solved (thanks to you), I can laugh about it.
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Nope

I guess after you change that one file you have to recompile the app with AutoIT, because I changed the file and it deleted everything again.
Now that I did this, it makes sense why the change didn't work without compiling again.
This is my first experience using a portable app, and I wasn't really sure how things worked.

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??? Lateset version

??? Doesn't the latest version take care of the regkey? If not I guess I didn't update it.

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I used version 4.1.2, which

I used version 4.1.2, which looks like the latest, and it had this problem.

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Well I have has this fix

Well I have has this fix implemented (although I'm using vista so it is hard to tell with limited user privliges). I'll re-release it in a bit.

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when will updated pkg be ready

I see you posted to the forum on Friday. Is the updated pkg ready yet? I just looked on SF.net and the latest avail. is from May 22. I don't want to blow up my PC. Hahaha. Good luck.

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eagerly awaiting

Me too. I've finally been convinced of the niceness of this program, and I go to download it and here is this wacked bug. Smile

Neat logo too ... EAT that bug!

Oh, and is there any problems with the plugins, or should they all work?
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Sorry. I'm not home for the

Sorry. I'm not home for the rest of the week. I'll get it up next week.

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Me too, I walked right into

Me too, I walked right into the trap Sad

But there is no need to install windows from scratch. I fixed my pc by exporting the classes from a running pc and importing them on my corrupt pc.

When do you think to release a corrected version?

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Me as well

Had the same problem with the same fix. Should have read all the forum posts before downloading. BTW, I don't want this to sound like a flame post because now that it's fixed I'm not mad, but this is a VERY critical error and should have been discovered in the development stage before even posting. It also would be a good idea to take down the download link until the problem is fixed in case less savvy users download it and don't know what's going on. It should be an easy fix and otherwise it was an excellent piece of software.

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I have fixed the problem and

I have fixed the problem and there is a new forum topic.

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