


Simply open the Command Prompt as administrator and paste the following code to uninstall Notepad. If nothing happens, download GitHub Desktop and try again. For me, the Update button didn’t do anything and it didn’t help. Plugins : HTMLTag.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NPPJSONViewer.dll XMLTools.Click on the Install button to Install the newest version of Notepad. Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe Just as 8.1.5 update did - no error message, just close the notepad++, then install, then re-open, showing newest ( current version) changelog Actual BehaviorĮrror message was shown, then after manually closing notepad++ another error message was shown (screenshot in step 13 at reproduce) Debug Information Leave the Run Notepad++ v8.1.7 checked and press Finish Write TASKKILL /PID īack to notepad++ 8.1.7 installer window press retry In command prompt write tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq GUP*" Then press u letter multiple times, no task named updater is found In Task Manager press g letter on keyboard, no process named GUP.exe is found! Leave default language (for me it is English) and press NextĬlose notepad++ and click retry in the error messageĪnother error message is shown! GUP UpdaterĬlick retry after 2 minutes waiting, same error message Scroll to Download 64-bit 圆4 and click Installer (I have Google Chrome as default browser, but I think that is not necessary to reproduce this - I am not sure is it an issue or feature actually?)Ĭlick on Notepad++ 8.1.7 release (currently the top item on right site of the webpage) Let notepad++ auto-update to version 8.1.5Ĭlick Update Notepad++ link (and do not close notepad++) 8.1.5, the latest who is marked for autoupdate simply closed it and re-opened after update with changelog open. 8.1.7 which is NOT marked for autoupdate shows an error if notepad++ is open during update.
