
Known Issues/limitations: If you exclude the user notepad++ directory and a user installs or updates a plugin via Plugin Manager this will update or install the given plugin but cannot shutdown/restart Notepad++.Install any additional plugins of choice exit out when finished.Click the updates tab and verify there are no pending updates.Select Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager.If you weren’t prompted to update plugins click the plugins tab.If prompted to update plugins perform the operation.Launch Notepad ++ (Steps 24 – 28 are only if you elected to install plugins).Check or de-check all options of your personal choice.Browse to the directory you created in step 10.Double click on npp.versionhere Setup and click run if a security box is presented.Click Begin Monitoring create a directory in which the app-v package will be generated and stored.Start the Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer and create a package.Click Download > Binary Files > Download Notepad ++ executable files.Open up internet explorer or your browser choice.Modify the existing default.spjr using notepad so that you add the following.Navigate to directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer\.(Steps 1-2 are optional and performing them will exclude the users Notepad++ directory from being included) *Posted by non-Microsoft Employee: Jeffrey Crawford, Indiana University.Client Operating Systems successfully deployed to: Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 圆4.Operating System sequenced on: Windows XP SP3 x86.The location of the settings files can be moved to the installation directory by creating the file DoLocalConf.xml in the install directory (the one that contains notepad++.exe). If no cloud location is specified (see above), Notepad++ stores its settings files in %AppData%\Notepad++, which resides in the user profile. Locating the Notepad++ Settings Directory Notepad++ stores the location of the cloud settings path in a dedicated file located in cloud\choice below the installation directory. You can enter any local or remote file system path (including UNC paths) and Notepad++ will happily move all of its configuration files to the specified location. This was obviously designed to move the application’s configuration files to the directories of popular cloud sync tools like Dropbox or Google Drive. The trick is to make use of the option to store the settings in a cloud (see the screenshot above). Moving the Notepad++ configuration is simple but not intuitive. This article describes a simple way of moving your existing configuration to a different location. Depending on what you selected during the installation, Notepad++ stores its configuration files either in the installation directory or in your user profile.
