

Plugins in user's AppData directory are disabled - to enable in Notepad++ version 5.9.7 onwards place an empty file called allowAppDataPlugins.xml in the Notepad++ directory.Īnyway, to get around the error above, I used the technique above instead. On the "Plugin Manager" dialog when I press "Settings" I see this message: Plugin Config path is:Ĭ:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config Installation of TextFX Characters failed. The ComparePlugin subfolder contains the libs libgit2.dll and sqlite.dll for the Diff against Git and SVN (please use the correct.

select TextFX, press Install)Ī dialog appears showing download progress from a url starting with: ""īut then it errors with: - The official instructions say: 'To install the plugin manually for usage with Notepad++, copy ComparePlugin.dll and ComparePlugin subfolder into the plugins directory (Notepad++ installation dir)Notepad++Plugins.

Trying to install TextFX through the plugin manager (Plugins | PLugin Manager | Find available. Use the technique above, as the following leads nowhere: When I restart Notepad++ as non admin I still have the "TextFX" menu, so the plugin has worked. I then exit Notepad++ so I'm no longer running as administrator. Within NotePad++ choose "Settings" | "Import" | "Import plugin(s)." and import the. Stop notepad++, and Run Notepad++ as admin I download and unzip C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\TextFX.v0.26.unicode.bin Go onto SourceForge and tracked down the latest TextFX file to import manually:
