Notepad++ upgrade

At work my main workstation is a Microsoft Vista box. I do most of my development in Notepad++ and a little bit in PSPad. I had previously been running an older version of Notepad++ (v5.4.5 UNICODE to be exact) and I was upgrading to v5.6.4 UNICODE. Here are a few things to keep in mind when upgrading:

  • Windows Vista: Give your user login full permissions to the c:\Program Files\Notepad++ folder. This allows you to make theme changes and other changes in the system and have those changes get saved automatically.
    • Open My Computer and navigate to c:\Program Files
    • Right click on Notepad++ folder and go to Properties
    • Select the Security tab and click the Edit button
    • Click Add and search for your name
    • Once you have added your name click on it under Group or user names
    • Check the Full control allow checkbox and click OK on the remaining properties boxes.
  • If you use the Function List plugin make sure you visit here and download the FunctionList20091109_dll.zip file and place this .dll in the plugins folder (c:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\). This download is compatible with the Unicode version of Notepad++ 5.5 +.

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