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    • William MorrisW
      William Morris
      last edited by William Morris

      I updated to 7.4 this morning and found that I could not save any newly created file. Note: I’m working in folders I’ve been working in for more than a year, and nothing in the configurations have changed; this issue happens both on the server (Windows Server 2012 R2, through FTP and VPN/mapped network drive) and on my local machine. (Windows 10).

      Open a file from yesterday, save: saves fine.
      Copy a file from yesterday, rename it. Open, edit, saves fine.
      Create a new text file in Windows explorer on local machine. Open, edit, save: “file may be protected, open in administrator mode?”
      Create a new text file in Windows explorer on mapped drive. Open, edit, save: “file may be protected, open in administrator mode?”
      Create a new text file using WinSCP. Download, edit, save: “file may be protected, open in administrator mode?”

      When I do reopen in admin mode, I still can’t save the file.

      When I downgraded to 7.3, the issue went away and I’m back to work as usual.

      It is unlikely this is a Windows permissions issue: I’m able to work in the folders using Windows Notepad, Libreoffice, Gimp, Inkscape, and of course Notepad++ 7.3.

      • Bill in KC

      Measure with a micrometer.
      Mark with a crayon.
      Cut with an ax.

      edit: more descriptive title

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      • chcgC
        chcg @William Morris
        last edited by

        @William-Morris Also reported at https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/13816/notepad-v7-4-released/8

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        • donhoD
          donho @William Morris
          last edited by

          @William-Morris This issue has been fixed. Please try this binary (x64 version, to replace the original one):
          https://notepad-plus-plus.org/temp/notepad++.zip

          and confirm me the issue is gone.

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          • William HudsonW
            William Hudson
            last edited by

            @donho I installed notepad++ 7.4 64-bit on a new work laptop today, and was encountering same behavior as @William-Morris with a newly-created .txt file on my Windows 10 desktop: “file may be protected, open in administrator mode?”.

            I tried your binary file above, and the problem is resolved: the .txt file saves successfully.

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            • nidarenN
              nidaren
              last edited by

              I would like to report that I have also run into the described issue.

              However, using the binary posted by @donho has fixed it for me.

              Huge Thanks!

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              • Futur FusionneurF
                Futur Fusionneur
                last edited by

                I encounter the same problem with notepad++ 7.4

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                • Matej TrnovecM
                  Matej Trnovec
                  last edited by

                  Hello is it possible to fix this problem also in 32 bit version?

                  Notepad++ v7.4 (32-bit)
                  Build time : May 14 2017 - 20:35:30
                  Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                  Admin mode : OFF
                  Local Conf mode : OFF
                  OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
                  Plugins : 3P.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll NppFTP.dll PluginManager.dll sql.dll XMLTools.dll

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                  • AngryGamerA
                    AngryGamer @Matej Trnovec
                    last edited by

                    @Futur-Fusionneur @Matej-Trnovec Use v7.4.1

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                    • Matej TrnovecM
                      Matej Trnovec @AngryGamer
                      last edited by

                      @AngryGamer Problem in interface between the chair and the keyboard fixed with 7.4.1… :-) Many thanks… Have been blind to not see, that 7.4.1 is out…

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                      • LAPIIIL
                        LAPIII
                        last edited by

                        I can’t save in v7.5.1 (32-bit). What should I do? V7.4.1 isn’t available anymore: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/all-versions.html

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                        • chcgC
                          chcg
                          last edited by

                          @LAPIII
                          https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html is still available, but
                          7.5.1 also contains the fixes of the previous releases. So your issue is probably a new issue yet unknown issue. Under https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/14392/just-another-ordinary-release-7-5-1 there seems to be no such problem report. So you could try to add a more complete description of the problem in that thread or report it at https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues

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