Notepad++ v8.8.2 Release
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@Murray-Sobol-1
I am now able to download the file ( a few hours later) but my virus program (Norton) rejects it.
I have submitted a FALSE positive report to Norton.
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@donho I sent you an email Yesterday which could help with aforementioned issue involving the code signing certificate.
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@Murray-Sobol-1
Good news!! I re-downloaded the update and it installed with no issues!!
Thanks
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FYI, auto-updater has been triggered for this release.
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Microsoft’s Windows Defender was not allowing the
npp.8.8.2.portable.7zfile on my machine claiming:
Detected: Trojan:Win32/Suschil!rfnOne puzzle is is that if I expand npp.8.8.2.portable.7z into a folder that a full scan of that folder reports “0 threat(s) found.”
Windows Defender was using 1.431.348.0 created/updated on 07/02/2025 6:13 AM. I checked for updates and got 1.431.355.0 created/updated on 07/02/2025 11:10 AM. I re-ran the scanner and it reports no threats found.
I assume this is not related to the code signing issue as I assume Windows Defender would still detect viruses in and and quarantine signed files.
I’m guessing it was a false positive from Windows Defender’s 1.431.348.0 package that Microsoft has since fixed.
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SignPath offers free code signing for open source projects: https://about.signpath.io/product/open-source
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@gdriggs ,
SignPath was already suggested and rejected here, because the SignPath-based certificate would not bear the name “Notepad++”, whereas the self-signed certificate used for v8.8.3 release does use the name “Notepad++”.
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SignPath was already suggested and rejected here, because the SignPath-based certificate would not bear the name “Notepad++”, whereas the self-signed certificate used for v8.8.3 release does use the name “Notepad++”.
To clarify the situation, my clear preference is for the name Notepad++, as it aligns with the branding and ensures continuity of the project’s identity.
I avoid my personal name as signer because Notepad++ is a community project, I want its signature to remain separate from my individual identity - signing the release binaries under someone else’s name or a different brand would be an absurd option for me.
Both the brand name Notepad++ and the domain name notepad-plus-plus.org are acceptable. Since I own the domain name, it may be less challenging to validate.
FYI, DigiCert refused to issue a code signing certificate under the domain name notepad-plus-plus.org today.
If you know of any CA that can provide such a certificate, please let us know. If you’re having problem to create an account on the forum, feel free to cantact me via email: don.h@free.fr.
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I have both 8.8.2 and 8.8.3 versions.
they both work fine on my Win10 laptop but neither will read or let me edit my json files on my new Win11 laptop.Really sucks.
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@Craig-Harbison said in Notepad++ v8.8.2 Release:
I have both 8.8.2 and 8.8.3 versions.
they both work fine on my Win10 laptop but neither will read or let me edit my json files on my new Win11 laptop.Really sucks.
I can read and edit JSON just fine with both those versions. I doubt it’s a regression, but we can help you investigate what’s going wrong for you if you start a new Topic to discuss it. If it does end up finding a problem with Notepad++, we can then direct you to the right location to inform the developer.
If you really want help figuring out your problem, please go to the Help Wanted category, click New Topic, and write a detailed post: list your exact steps for how you are trying to read or edit JSON (ie, how you are opening the files, where the files are located, whether on your local drive, a USB drive, a network drive, etc) and what messages or circumstances indicate to you that the JSON file is not being read or edited? Please also go to your ? menu on the right of the Notepad++ menu bar, and click Debug Info, and Copy debug info to clipboard, and paste that in your new topic.
