On the other hand, if we think about how best politically speaking, to consider the size and number what Notepad folder would occupies on our computers every installation of HMG. Actually at sub-folder of Notepad++ of HMG folder is with 390 files and 14,5 MB occupied at hard disk, multiplied by the number of HMG version installed.
What I understand is that there is always a major setback when upgraded Notepad++ and coming up losing the settings that were made. This is a problem that we should be concerned to resolve losses after upgrades.
In my opinion, installing Notepad++ by the conventional way (default suggest at Notepad++ installation), thus avoiding problems in the future updates. Because Notepad++ will be registered in the Windows, staying more secure and correct. That way we could ignore multiple files from folder Notepad, wiping more the space and the number of notepads stored, leaving slightest the file of HMG's installation. Then, we might have to provide all configuration files involved to define the programming language or even let it out of file in HMG's installation and make it available here on the forum (as I have done in this section).
In case we still continue let Notepad in several place, will be necessary to develop a program for installing these plugins with the option of selecting items and that program would detects the version of Windows and define the location where the Notepad++ was installed. But IMO this is not so safe or accurate, because would the user's criteria and not the registry in Windows which is more assured.
For XP and early version has a place and for the rest have another folder names and we would use the function in C (CSIDL_APPDATA) courtesy of our friend Dr. Soto.
[tr][td]Windows 8[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Windows 7[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2K8[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Vista[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]XP[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Notepad++\[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2K3[/td][td] [/td][td]C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Notepad++\[/td][/tr][/table]
For these reasons, it is necessary to collect the various difficult situations around the installation of Notepad++ and set the HMG installation package to make it slightest and better politically speaking (on quantity and space occupied of notepad in the HD).
Also a good question is that each user at same computer would have different settings by installing Notepad++ in conventional way.
Rathi, do you have formed opinion to give us about this?