Notepad++

Is there a way to disable the recent files list?

I am using version 4.7.5 in Windows.

See Notepad++.

 

Hello, Howard,

With notepad++.exe closed,

1) open the config.xml file in a text editor

2) scroll down to

<!-- The History of opened files list -->
<History nbMaxFile="15" />
​

and change "15" to "0"

3) close and save changes.

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rich

 

Thanx, but the recent fies list still persists.

I changed the 15 to 0 in both of:

config.model.xml in the directory i which Notepad++ is installed.and

config.xml in Documents and Settings\Howard Kaikow\Application Data\Notepad++.


Where is this config stuff documented?

 

Did you have Notepad++ closed when you edited the config.xml file? If not, the changes won't stick. I tried again, and it works here.

The other config file is not used, as far as I can tell.


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rich

 

I copied the file to another name, foo,whatever
Edited foo.whatever with Notepad++.
Renamed the original as config.xml-keep
REnamed foo.whatever config.xml.

Here's what I have in config.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?>
<NotepadPlus>
    <GUIConfigs>
        <!-- 3 status : "large", "small" or "hide"-->
        <GUIConfig name="ToolBar">standard</GUIConfig>
        <!-- 2 status : "show" or "hide"-->
        <GUIConfig name="StatusBar">show</GUIConfig>
        <!-- For all attributs, 2 status : "yes" or "no"-->
        <GUIConfig name="TabBar" dragAndDrop="yes" drawTopBar="yes" drawInactiveTab="yes" reduce="yes" closeButton="no" doubleClick2Close="no" />
        <!-- 2 positions : "horizontal" or "vertical"-->
        <GUIConfig name="ScintillaViewsSplitter">vertical</GUIConfig>
        <!-- For the attribut of position, 2 status : docked or undocked ; 2 status : "show" or "hide" -->
        <GUIConfig name="UserDefineDlg" position="undocked">hide</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="TabSetting" size="4" replaceBySpace="no" />
        <!--App position-->
        <GUIConfig name="AppPosition" x="195" y="104" width="1033" height="834" isMaximized="yes" />
        <!-- For the primary scintilla view,
             2 status for Attribut lineNumberMargin, bookMarkMargin, indentGuideLine and currentLineHilitingShow: "show" or "hide"
             4 status for Attribut folderMarkStyle : "simple", "arrow", "circle" and "box"  -->
        <GUIConfig name="ScintillaPrimaryView" lineNumberMargin="show" bookMarkMargin="show" folderMarkStyle="box" indentGuideLine="show" currentLineHilitingShow="show" Wrap="no" edge="no" edgeNbColumn="100" wrapSymbolShow="hide" zoom="0" whiteSpaceShow="hide" eolShow="show" />
        <!-- For the secodary scintilla view,
             2 status for Attribut lineNumberMargin, bookMarkMargin, indentGuideLine and currentLineHilitingShow: "show" or "hide"
             4 status for Attribut folderMarkStyle : "simple", "arrow", "circle" and "box" -->
        <GUIConfig name="ScintillaSecondaryView" lineNumberMargin="show" bookMarkMargin="show" folderMarkStyle="box" indentGuideLine="show" currentLineHilitingShow="show" Wrap="yes" edge="no" edgeNbColumn="80" wrapSymbolShow="hide" zoom="0" whiteSpaceShow="hide" eolShow="hide" />
        <GUIConfig name="Auto-detection">yes</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="CheckHistoryFiles">no</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="TrayIcon">no</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="RememberLastSession">yes</GUIConfig>
        <!--
			New Document default settings :
				format = 0/1/2 -> win/unix/mac
				encoding = 0/1/2/3/4/5 -> ANSI/UCS2Big/UCS2small/UTF8/UTF8-BOM
				defaultLang = 0/1/2/..

			Note 1 : UTF8-BOM -> UTF8 without BOM
			Note 2 : for defaultLang :
					0 -> L_TXT
					1 -> L_PHP
					... (see source file)
		-->
        <GUIConfig name="NewDocDefaultSettings" format="0" encoding="0" lang="0" />
        <GUIConfig name="langsExcluded" gr0="0" gr1="0" gr2="0" gr3="0" gr4="0" gr5="0" gr6="0" gr7="0" />
        <!--
		printOption is print colour setting, the following values are possible :
			0 : WYSIWYG
			1 : Invert colour
			2 : B & W
			3 : WYSIWYG but without background colour
		-->
        <GUIConfig name="Print" lineNumber="no" printOption="0" headerLeft="$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)" headerMiddle="" headerRight="$(LONG_DATE) $(TIME)" headerFontName="IBMPC" headerFontStyle="1" headerFontSize="8" footerLeft="" footerMiddle="-$(CURRENT_PRINTING_PAGE)-" footerRight="" footerFontName="" footerFontStyle="0" footerFontSize="9" margeLeft="0" margeTop="0" margeRight="0" margeBottom="0" />
        <!--
                            Backup Setting :
                                0 : non backup
                                1 : simple backup
                                2 : verbose backup
                      -->
        <GUIConfig name="Backup" action="0" useCustumDir="no" dir="" />
        <GUIConfig name="TaskList">yes</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="SaveOpenFileInSameDir">no</GUIConfig>
        <!--
			value 0 for the folloing parameters means invisible :
			leftWidth, topHight, rightWidth, bottomHight
			
					position value for the PluginDlg:
						
						0 : left
						 1 : right
						2 : top
						3 : bottom
						>= 4 : undocked -> FloatingWindow id
			-->
        <GUIConfig name="noUpdate">no</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="MaitainIndent">yes</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="MRU">yes</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="URL">0</GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="globalOverride" fg="no" bg="no" font="no" fontSize="no" bold="no" italic="no" underline="no" />
        <GUIConfig name="auto-completion" autoCAction="0" />
        <GUIConfig name="sessionExt"></GUIConfig>
        <GUIConfig name="DockingManager" leftWidth="200" rightWidth="200" topHeight="200" bottomHeight="200">
            <ActiveTabs cont="0" activeTab="-1" />
            <ActiveTabs cont="1" activeTab="-1" />
            <ActiveTabs cont="2" activeTab="-1" />
            <ActiveTabs cont="3" activeTab="-1" />
        </GUIConfig>
    </GUIConfigs>
    <!-- The History of opened files list -->
    <History nbMaxFile="0" />
</NotepadPlus>

 

When I set the max number=15 and open a file, the filename is listed in the config file and also on the file menu:

<!-- The History of opened files list -->
<History nbMaxFile="15">
<File filename="C:\note\license.txt" />


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If I set the max number=0, no file name appears in either location.

When you set =0 what shows at Settings|Preferences|Misc for "History File Setting"?


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rich

 

Howard,

In my Notepad ++ folder , C: - Program files - Notepad++,
there is a config.model.xml and also a config.xml file.

I did as Rmus instructed and it worked fine for me.

Look around in that notepad ++ folder and you should see both of those files.

John

 

I believe that I found the problem.

Setting the maximum history to 0 does work, but, and it's a big butt, there's another setting in Settings!Preferences!Misc that affects things.

It seems that "Remember the current session for next launch" also needs to be unchecked.

 

On my system:

config.model.xml is in the directory i which Notepad++ is installed.and

config.xml is in Documents and Settings\Howard Kaikow\Application Data\Notepad++.