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I use Notepad++ v5.9.6.2 (Unicode) on Windows 7 (64 bit) and I have installed the HEX-Editor v0.9.5 plugin.
The problem is that only administrators now seem to be able to run Notepad++. With guests and normal users the following happens after launching:
- First absolutely nothing happens for about 20 seconds.
Then a dialog called "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\HexEditor.dll" appears. It reads:
Fail loaded
This plugin is not compatible with current version of Notepad++.
Do you want to remove this plugin from plugings directory to prevent this message from the next launch time?
After I click "No" a shorter wait, followed by another dialog, called "Exception On WM_CREATE". It reads:
Unknown exception
Again, for administrators everything works fine.
I checked if it had anything to do with security constraints on the plugin files (or other Notepad++ files), but this doesn't appear to be the case. If I make a user member of Power Users but not Administrators, then Notepad++ works fine for this user as well. I granted the Power Users group almost the same local user rights as the Administrators group. (Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment)
What could be the problem and how should this be fixed?
Thanks. To be clear: my "power user" is not in the admin group. That was the whole point. I did grant the power users group almost the same rights as admins in the "Local Security Policy". – Rinke – 2012-01-17T18:42:01.000
Letting all users run Notepad++ as administrators seems like a bad idea to me, but maybe I don't see it right. It seems to me that everyone would for example be able to browse the file system as an administrator through the "Open file" dialog. Not something I want. Is there an alternative you can think of? – Rinke – 2012-01-17T18:48:45.903