{"id":3069,"date":"2019-05-22T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2019-04-11T12:40:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:40:48","slug":"how-to-add-back-the-notepad-missing-plugin-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/en\/how-to-add-back-the-notepad-missing-plugin-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articletext\" class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<h2 id=\"how-to-install-notepad-plus-plus-missing-plugin-manager\">How to install Notepad plus plus missing plugin manager<\/h2>\n<p>In the latest versions of Notepad++, the plugin manager is not present by default anymore.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-600\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ybierling_com-link-h-large-2\" class=\"ezo_link_unit_m\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ybierling_com-link-h-large-1\" class=\"ezo_link_unit_m\"><\/div>\n<p>To add it back, it is necessary to install the plugin nppPluginManager that will actually replace the plugin manager, and allow to search, install, update and delete Notepad++ plugins.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-176\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span> <a class=\"cta_button\" title=\"Notepad++ Home\" href=\"https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Notepad++ Home <\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"download-npppluginmanager-plugin\"><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-158\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>Download nppPluginManager plugin<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-174\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first step is to download the replacement plugin for the plugin manager, which is called nppPluginManager and is maintained by the community on github.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the download page, and select the latest available that suits your need, either Unicode for 32 bits versions, or x64 for 64 bits versions.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-163\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-large-leaderboard-2_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-large-leaderboard-2_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-32\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-187\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><a class=\"noclass\" title=\"nppPluginManager releases to download on github\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bruderstein\/nppPluginManager\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> nppPluginManager releases to download on github <\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager1.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : nppPluginManager download of Unicode 32bits version\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : nppPluginManager download of Unicode 32bits version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-medrectangle-4_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-medrectangle-4_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-32\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"copy-the-npppluginmanager-dll-file-in-plugin-folder\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ybierling_com-medrectangle-4-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezfound\" data-google-query-id=\"CKLttJTnx-ECFcd6Ygod31EFEA\"><\/span>Copy the nppPluginManager.dll file in plugin folder<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-160\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Once it has been downloaded, unzip the folder, or open the compressed file in Windows Explorer, and copy the PluginManager.dll file into your plugin folder in your Notepad++ installation folder, which is usually located under C:\\ProgramFiles\\Notepad++\\plugins.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager2.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Copying the nppPluginManager.dll file in the Notepad++ installation plugin folder\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Copying the nppPluginManager.dll file in the Notepad++ installation plugin folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In case you get the issue destination folder access denied, as the Notepad++ installation folder access is reserved to system administrators, simply give the administrators permissions to copy the file inside the folder.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager3.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Administrator access rights needed to copy plugin file in folder\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Administrator access rights needed to copy plugin file in folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>After that, the notepad++ plugin manager plugin dll file should now be copied in the Notepad++ installation plugin folder, and the plugin is now installed in Notepad++.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-167\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-medrectangle-3_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-medrectangle-3_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-32\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"h\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager4.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager plugin dll file installed in Notepad++\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager plugin dll file installed in Notepad++<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-box-4_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1254144\/ybierling_com-box-4_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-32\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"c\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"restart-notepad-and-start-plugin-manager\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ybierling_com-box-4-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezfound\" data-google-query-id=\"CKmOxJfnx-ECFYMrrQYdoRMMiw\"><\/span>Restart Notepad++ and start plugin manager<\/h2>\n<p>After that, in case Notepad++ is already open, it must first be closed on restarted, before being able to see the plugin manager plugin accessible in the Notepad++ menus.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-172\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>Close the Notepad++ application if it is opened, and restart it.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager5.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Stop the Notepad++ application and restart it\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Stop the Notepad++ application and restart it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once Notepad++ has been restarted, the plugin manager plugin should now appear in the menu plugins &gt; Plugin manager &gt; show plugin manager.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager6.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager plugin accessible in Notepad++ plugins menus\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager plugin accessible in Notepad++ plugins menus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"notepad-plugin-manager-installed\"><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-162\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>Notepad++ plugin manager installed<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-171\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>Back in the very useful plugin manager tool, it is time to check for updates of the installed plugins!<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-180\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>The plugin manager also offers the possibility to install available plugins from the central repository, without having to perform any manual action, to update the plugins, and also to check installed plugins and remove them when necessary.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager7.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : In the Plugin manager plugin update tab\" width=\"400\" height=\"373\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : In the Plugin manager plugin update tab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>When selecting a plugin already installed from the list of plugins under the tab updates, which contains installed plugins for which an update is available, select the ones that you want to update, and clik on the update button.<\/p>\n<p>A progress bar will shop up, and the download progress will start as soon as the plugin starts downloading.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the download, the installation progress bar will show the progress.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager8.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Progress bar for a plugin update\" width=\"400\" height=\"374\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Progress bar for a plugin update<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the end of the download and installation of the plugins update inside the plugin manager, the plugin will most likely request for the Notepad++ application to be restarted in order to apply the changes.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended to restart right now, as, remember, Notepad++ will not lose any change in the opened files, even the ones that haven&#8217;t been saved.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager9.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager request to restart Notepad++ at the end of a plugin update\" width=\"400\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Plugin manager request to restart Notepad++ at the end of a plugin update<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"notepad-gpup-exe-missing-for-plugin-manager\"><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-170\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>Notepad++ gpup.exe missing for plugin manager<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-192\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span>In case you are getting the error from Notepad++ Plugin Manager that a file needed by the plugin manager (gpup.exe) is not present under the updater directory, you should update or reinstall the Plugin Manager plugin to fix this problem. Notepad++ will not restart, it is simply because you need to copy another file from the Notepad++ PluginManager plugin file download.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager10.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Gpup.exe missing for plugin manager update\" width=\"400\" height=\"319\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Gpup.exe missing for plugin manager update<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Simply reopen the zip file that has been downloaded from github with the PluginManager plugin, go to the folder updater, and copy the file to the Notepad++ updater folder, usually situated under C:\\ProgramFiles\\Notepad\\updater.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"noclass\" title=\"nppPluginManager releases to download on github\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bruderstein\/nppPluginManager\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> nppPluginManager releases to download on github <\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager11.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Installing the gpup.exe file in Notepad++ updater installation folder\" width=\"400\" height=\"198\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : Installing the gpup.exe file in Notepad++ updater installation folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the gpup.Exe missing file has been installed, try again to update the plugins through the PluginManager plugin, and it should now work.<\/p>\n<p>It might be necessary to restart Notepad++ application first.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.wcido.com\/medium\/officeproductivity\/npp-missing-plugin-manager\/npp-missing-plugin-manager12.png\" alt=\"How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : gpup.exe missing file installed in updater folder\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to add back the Notepad++ missing plugin manager? : gpup.exe missing file installed in updater folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-199\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-601\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"share_buttons centered\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to install Notepad plus plus missing plugin manager In the latest versions of Notepad++, the plugin manager is not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11703],"tags":[11727,11725,11729,7241,248,8683,8685,8681,11723,11731,11721,11719,11733],"class_list":["post-3069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-productivity","tag-gpup-exe","tag-gpup-exe-installation","tag-gpup-exe-missing","tag-notepad-plus-plus","tag-notepad","tag-notepadplusplus","tag-notepadpp","tag-npp","tag-plugin-installation-notepad","tag-plugin-manager-missing","tag-plugin-manager-plugin","tag-pluginmanager-plugin-for-notepad","tag-pluginmanagermissing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3071,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions\/3071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ybierling.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}