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[Closed] Notepad++ 8.8.8 Portable has no Data in Data Folder

Submitted by UpdateInformer on November 22, 2025 - 2:30am

i installed shortly Notepad++ 8.8.8 Portable and noticed there is no Data in 'Data' Folder.
it was before 5 folders there with 4mb size.
i did a fresh install, so i think its missing in the package.
after start and close i get 2 folders, config+settings and a ini file.
dont there need to be a themes folder etc?
or did i sthg wrong?
thx

(Solved)Notepad++ 8.8.3 saves not in Notepad++PortableSettings.ini, only 5 lines

Submitted by UpdateInformer on July 19, 2025 - 8:43pm

i setted all colors and settings new and the settings ini has only 5 lines (155bytes), so
i think it is saved elsewhere. i thought this is the settings file but i seem to be wrong
could it be config.xml? with 70lines and 21 the word color
we need to examine this
UPDATE it is the config.xml, other file was crash file. added answer/solution.
thx

notepad++ portable from developer seem to be not portable

Submitted by UpdateInformer on April 15, 2025 - 9:34pm

i think its mess.
it seem not really follow system theme or save settings in config.xml in app directory.
i push this file in new version and am sadly in english and possibly other settings also wrong.
i thought this are big coders, do i miss something?
EDIT
dont they save language settings?
i fixed now also other settings, but they seem not yet have setting for gui font size inside.
both not nice.
i had to eat and not make phd on the settings.
the messed in very lately version settings in two or three places for the same.

manual installing an app as standard PortableApps

Submitted by Sam_Ludford on April 6, 2025 - 5:55pm

I am trying installing MT4 as standard PortableApps, since to clear documentation I used AI to figure out how to implement structure and in related installation files, I almost did most part of the structure used, note that with /portable we can run mt4 as portable, I intentionally had moved some common files to a common folder using
so the steps were :
1. moving common folder so we can use them linked,
2 create the ini files so that portable app can proper list and categorise the terminals
3. (Missing part) creating the exe file that would call actual exe

The path to Notepad++ may not be compatible with other programs or systems

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Submitted by Kikka1225 on January 10, 2025 - 10:39pm

The "++" in the path has been replaced to a space, but the rest of the settings, including the configuration in the ini file, were not adjusted, making the whole software unusable. If you force open the program in Explorer, it will cause the program to read the configuration file incorrectly, resulting in data loss.

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Notepad++ portable windows theme settings not activable!!!

Submitted by UpdateInformer on December 2, 2024 - 8:07am

why is notepad++ portable setting follow windows design disabled?
it's greyed out.
edit
nor the portable version from here (two ver. behind) either the newest from 30 nov have enabled 'follow windows' theme.
it seem to follow windows theme partially anyway.
sadly is the app background orange and active text white on grey or grey on grey, unreadable!
any ideas?
million thanx!

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