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In Windows' Notepad, when I use the find-and-replace feature, it saves the values I used therein and displays them next time I use the feature. I don't want it do. How can I disable this?
I can see that the values are being stored in the registry here: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\searchString, a REG_SZ Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\replaceString, a REG_SZ
I have tried these things, with no lasting success:
->Delete the searchString and replaceString values (notepad just recreates them)
->Create searchString and replaceString binary values (notepad just recreates them as string values)
->Delete the Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad registry key (notepad just recreates them, and this wipes out other data, like window position, that I want to keep)
Ethan Hayes
Posted 2019-12-09T23:07:29.103
Reputation: 11
Where I have looked, the ability to retain Find/Replace history has been very recently added with no ability I can see to turn it off. You may need another editor like Notepad++. I use either Notepad or UltraEdit – John – 2019-12-09T23:37:22.017
That is consistent with my impression, too: It only started happening very recently, maybe the past one or two weeks. – Ethan Hayes – 2019-12-10T20:57:28.340