
The included readme file also only says to copy the. Also, the requirement that it’s in its own named folder isn’t explicitly called out in the wiki instructions. This is probably related to folder permissions, but the conflicting instructions/messages aren’t helpful. dll into the folder seems to be in conflict with what the program is trying to do because it throws an error about unzipping. Compare is not installed.įollowing the Wiki instructions (as linked to from ) of placing the. Can’t unzip: operation not permitted or decompression failed.” Get new popup about “Notepad++ update.Get popup about “Notepad++ is about to exit.”.Using the plugin manager to install it then fails: I also don’t have write permission to the install folder (C:\Program Files\Notepad++) or the plugins sub-directory, so I had to make a second call to get the plugin moved there.

I’m in a very restrictive IT environment that requires an admin override for any software install. Strange/conflicting messages will show up if you don’t have write access. TL DR: After getting full permissions on the install folders I was able to successfully install the plugin. I tried the Plugin Admin, selected Compare tool, hit install, restarted N++… No success… I also tried this running N++ as administrator. Settings>Import>Import Plugins, selected the. I did the same with C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config, no success I placed it manually into:Ĭ:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config, restarted Notepad++, no successĬ:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\config\ComparePlugin, restarted notepad++, no success. I have downloaded the compare plugin from the website. One clarification to earlier, I don’t actually have to log in as admin on this computer to install things, I only need to verify admin rights by a yes click on a popup.

Plugins : DSpellCheck.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
