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I've been using Notepad++ for years now. Since a short while, Notepad++ doesn't start anymore (maybe since a recent Windows Update? Or maybe a plugin update?). The process shows up in the task manager, but it seems to stop executing with a consumed CPU time of less than a second.

However, after re-installing it (V6.9.2) (and also trying the previous version 6.9.1, same effect), I noticed that it does start as usual when executed as Administrator. Note: The behavior is different than the question "NotePad++ only runs as Administrator or not at all" - in that case notepad++ requests Admin rights when started, in my case it doesn't start at all.

I also tried to start it without plugins using the -noPlugins command line option. No effect.

Any idea what could be the cause? What else could I try to reset?

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Peter T.
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notepad++ did start as normal user with the -noPlugin switch, thanks to @w32sh's comment. With some try & error I removed several plugins (when started as Admin): At the end, it did start again once I removed the Explorer plugin.

Would be interesting to know why this plugin suddently did fail, as it was working well before .......

EDIT - there's a discussion about this issue in the N++ forum: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/203/np-not-run-with-explorer-plugin-installed and with a longer discussion https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/12253/failure-to-launch/18

It seems that DropBox is causing this problem.

Peter T.
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Correct command-line argument would be -noPlugin instead of -noPlugins.

Retry and let's know if that works. And remember command-line argument may be case-sensitive -- you need to type exactly as mentioned in help.

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