Recently I noticed an error when starting NotePad++, “Load config.xml failed”. NotePad++ proceeded to work with a slightly different skin but this error was annoying. The problem started well after my latest version upgrade so I am not sure what triggered the problem. I have been successful running the latest version of Notepad++ so I was pretty sure this problem would go away when they issued the next version. Today I finally got annoyed enough to fix the problem. The config.xml file in the Application Data folder for my profile had a zero length. I copied over a config.xml from the NotePad++ directory under Programs Files. This post in the sourceforge forum says about the same thing, http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4294797.
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13 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Aug 28, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I had no changes in software but ran into this issue after months of using n++. Thanks!
2 John Michl // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Thanks for the tip. I had the same problem and found that if I simply deleted (or renamed) the config.xml file, a replacement was automatically copied into the folder when I reloaded the app.
3 Random Thoughts // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:40 pm
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4 Toxygene // Nov 27, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Thanks for the tip. Simply:
sudo rm -f ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/root/Application Data/Notepad++/config.xml
If all linux solutions were such “elegant”….
5 Hugo // Feb 12, 2008 at 11:05 am
Hi, I had a blue screen due to procmon, and ended up with this problem,
the XML file was cut of in the middle of a /NotepadPlus/History/File node.
I was able to salvage my settings by adding the appropriate ending nodes. (Just a tip for the next time)
6 Bill // Feb 12, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Thanks to everyone who have taken the time to share their tips for fixing this problem! Hopefully the folks supporting NotePad++ have fixed the problem and it will not re-appear again.
7 Eamonn // May 7, 2008 at 5:50 am
Thanks for posting this solution. Worked for me!
8 Trillian // Oct 3, 2008 at 4:06 am
Saved me a lot of irritation too. Many thanks.
9 Amoondre // Oct 3, 2008 at 11:01 am
Thanks you for this “fix” – it helped for me as well!
10 toebens // Jan 29, 2009 at 11:46 am
i also received a bluescreen on my windows vista (i think i also run procmon from microsoft!) and now my config.xml in my appdata – roaming folder is still 6kb but contains no char that can be viewed in any editor.
notepad++ will show only NUL if i open it
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12 OppfinnarJocke // Mar 4, 2010 at 6:39 am
This issue seems not to be fixed, or it has recurred. I just now DL’ed and installed Notepad++Portable on my Win7 pro x64 machine, and starting it for the absolute first time I get both the “load langs.xml” and the “load config.xml” error messages. This is Notepad++portable v 5.6.7
It seems to be a security issue on Win7.
13 Philipp // Jul 9, 2010 at 6:20 am
Same here, Win7 x64 been losing settings for months on various machines. Somewhat embarrassing if a text editor can’t even keep the basic settings…
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