Friday, 9 February 2018

How to install the Notepad++ 64-bit plugin manager

I'm a Notepad++ fan for years. And as soon as a 64-bit version arose I adopted it.
But since a few months I have a new laptop, and I apparently didn't get the plugin manager with the latest new install.  And only now I took the opportunity to sort it out and write about it.

I found that the plugin manager is available since April 2017 on GitHub, version 1.49. I downloaded the zip from the mentioned location, I choose the _x64 version:
Then unzipped it into my Notepad++ folder:

Then started Notepad++ and the plugin manager appears:

So now I can format my XML files again...

Update 2018-07-03: latest release can be found directly here.
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5 comments:

  1. Jalex8 June 2018 at 15:02

    Hello. I was able to install, but after choosing some plungins, the pluginmanager could not install them.

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  2. Anonymous24 August 2018 at 21:01

    Thanks. This helped

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  3. .2 November 2018 at 18:11

    @Jalex It works, should work! Perhaps check if you've got the right version, 32-bit, or 64-bit; of Notepad++ and the Plugin Manager. Maybe there's a firewall rule blocking downloads? For example, COMODO shows 'em to be separate programs, three in total: 1) notepad++.exe and 2) GUP.exe and: 3) gpup.exe

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  4. Anonymous7 January 2019 at 05:55

    I've downloaded and installed the pluginmanager twice, but it doesn't show up on the plugin menu. I have Notepad++ 64-bit v7.6.2. I restart NPP each time.

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  5. Anonymous7 January 2019 at 09:25

    Typical. Check the version of the plugin manager. Did you download the latest 64-bit plugin manager?

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