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I'm using Notepad++
on Windows 8.1
. Until recently it closed just fine when I clicked the X but now when I do so it doesn't close but rather freeze the application. When I repeatedly click the X the window will turn white and Windows
says that the program is no longer responding then I can make Windows
kill the process.
In an attempt to fix this issue I uninstalled it using the regular Windows
program uninstaller but that didn't work either, it got stuck forever on
Launching: regsvr32 /u /s "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\NppShell_06.dll"
Since an ongoing installer/uninstaller can't be terminated I chose to kill it using Task Manager
.
Now that the program is no longer registered and half-uninstalled I installed it once again but the freezing issue persisted. I then proceeded to use the thorough Revo Uninstaller
and cleaned Notepad++ off the machine. That worked.
I installed Notepad++ once again and the issue was gone. However later on the issue came back. What the heck? How can I fix this once in for all? I'm running the latest version as of now, obviously.
There seems to be an issue with
C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\NppShell_06.dll
because it's used by some process even when Notepad++ is not running.
There is not information in your question to diagnose what is going wrong. – DavidPostill – 2015-06-14T11:25:54.300
@DavidPostill: Please tell me what else to include as well then – BullyWiiPlaza – 2015-06-14T11:27:25.377
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NppShell_06.dll
is the shell integration (open with) for notepad++ so it will be open as part of explorer. You could try removing the shell integration and see if that fixes your problem. See How to remove shell integration of Notepad++? – DavidPostill – 2015-06-14T11:33:02.010@DavidPostill: I want to keep that though, it always worked fine before. With the shell extension disabled or enabled the issue seems to sometimes happen and sometimes not. Strange. – BullyWiiPlaza – 2015-06-14T11:49:17.213
I have no further ideas :/ – DavidPostill – 2015-06-14T11:51:02.297
It happens to me when I have a document open from a network location. I have to make sure I close Notepad++ before I disconnect from the network. – Just Lucky Really – 2015-06-14T12:15:31.673
Have you tried using the portable version? – DavidPostill – 2015-06-14T12:37:51.890
Now after a reboot and a clean reinstall it seems to be fixed. PortableApps is not officially supported so it's not the latest version. – BullyWiiPlaza – 2015-06-14T12:43:12.583
I'm having this exact same issue! I just clean-installed Windows and it started happening for the first time ever. Maybe we should send some memory dumps to the author to help him fix this. – Eaton – 2015-06-14T17:04:28.253