More information available in the DOC section. In fact, if you prefer, you can just add the PluginManager.dll to the plugins directory, then do a reinstall of Plugin Manager from the plugin itself, which will place the file in the right place! Of course, if you're already using an earlier version of the plugin manager, you'll be able to just update from the update tab (or when you get the notification that the update has happened).Īdditionally for the 圆4 version there is a Chocolatey package for nppPluginManager so that it can be installed with one command for N++ installer version:Ĭhoco install notepadplusplus-nppPluginManager Documentation zip, and place the PluginManager.dll file in the Notepad++ plugins directory, and the gpup.exe in the updater directory under your Notepad++ program directory. I recently had this issue on Notepad++ 7.3.1 and to fix it, I opened Notepad++ as administrator, navigated the menus Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin. To install the plugin manager, simply download ( release section) the. A centrally hosted XML file holds the list of plugins, that the plugin manager downloads and processes against the list of installed plugins. PluginManager_vX.X.X_UNI.zip for 32bit version of notepad++.Plugin Manager is a plugin for Notepad++ that allows you to install, update and remove plugins from Notepad++. PluginManager_vX.X.X_圆4.zip for notepad++ 64bit and It should be noted that there is a need that plugin manager and notepad++ Unzip it to the same directory where the notepad++ executable is and Starting from notepad++ version 7.5 the plugin manager does not come bundled anymore.īut this doesn’t mean it cannot be used anymore. from your friendly neighborhood moderator The original FAQ entry has been kept for historical purposes (and anyone intentionally trying to use Notepad++ v7.5 - v7.6.2) Further, as of 2022, there are reports that the old Plugin Manager cannot download its plugin list.

Likely not install the plugin in the right directory, and the plugin will not be visible to Notepad++.

If you try to install a plugin with the old Plugin Manager in v7.6.3 or later, it will Notepad++ ships with it’s own Plugins Admin in the Plugins menu, which handles installing plugins. As of Notepad++ v7.6.3 from January 2019, the old Plugin Manager plugin is obsolete.

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