Notepad++ release 8.9.3
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Notepad++ release 8.9.3 is available:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v893-released/Notepad++ v8.9.3 regression fixes, bug-fixes & new improvements:
- Regression fix: a crash in User Defined Language. (Fix #17520)
- Regression fix: installing (or removing) plugin re-opens Notepad++ with permanent admin privilege (Fix #17540)
- Regression-fix: wrongly added parenthesis for some multi-bytes characters. (Fix #17521, #17802)
- Regression-fix: incorrect function list text display for non-UTF8 documents. (Fix #17847)
- Regression-fix: ProjectPanel Workspace text localization issue. (Fix community report)
- Regression-fix: Change History margin not enabled by default. (Fix comment repport)
- Regression-fix: Notepad++ update & plugin download fail behind corporate MITM proxies. (Fix community report)
- Security enhancement: Update cURL to v8.19.0 in auto-updater (WinGUp) to fix cURL security issue (CVE-2025-14819). (Fix #17869)
- Improve performance by migrating the XML parser from TinyXML to pugixml. (Fix #16175)
- Update Scintilla to 5.6.0 & Lexilla to 5.4.7. (Implement #17562)
- Fix the issue where printing caused Notepad++ to crash. (Fix #6126, #12645, community report #1, community report #2, community report #3)
- Fix Find in Files failing to search file content on disk. (Fix #16177, #17070)
- Add disableNppAutoUpdate.xml to disable auto-update when WinGUp (GUP.exe) is present. (Implement #17836)
- Fix a memory leak on exit. (Fix #17817)
- Fix installed auto-completion files not overwritten after update. (Fix #14749)
- Add model capacity of shortcuts.xml & contexMenu.xml for administration. (Fix #17872)
- Add an option to disable selected text drag-and-drop. (Fix #2571, #11335)
- Fix wrong theme-writing path for non-ProgramFiles installations. (Fix comment repport)
- Enhancement: prevent XML config files from being overwritten when updating portable package (copy/paste). (Fix #9755, #14279, #15120)
- Fix incomplete Find dialg tab translation when 1st opêned from Project Panels. (Fix community report)
- Fix Notepad++ spawning a new Windows Explorer process in Task Manager. (Fix comment repport)
- Add Function List & Autocompletion for D language. (Fix #17349)
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