How to install a Notepad plugin offline

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I am trying to install a Notepad   plugin from Plugins - gt  Plugin Manager  but my office firewall is restricting its download  Is there any alternate way to download plugin offline

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Download and extract  zip file having all  dll plugin files under the path  C  ProgramData Notepad   plugins  Make sure to create a separated folder for each plugin Plugin   dll  must be compatible with installed Notepad   version  32 bit or 64 bit

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It s worth noting that the exact steps to follow can differ depending on the plugin   E g  I ve just manually installed XML Tools and this involved copying some files from a subfolder into the root Notepad   installation directory   So would recommend the following -   Download the plugin you wish to install  A comprehensive list is provided at Notepad   Plugin Central  Extract to a local folder  e g  using 7-zip or similar   Look in the extracted files and folders for any readme files or specific instructions to be followed - and then follow them  In case there aren t any instructions  the one thing that must be done for all plugins is to copy the  DLL file into the plugins folder within your Notepad   installation folder  e g  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   plugins

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For me the with NPP V7 6 6  x64  this worked    Download the plugin  and unzip to some local folder  e g  Downloads    Make sure you download the correct plugin for your Notepad    64 or 32 bit - e g  see   -  About Notepad   to find if you are 64-bit  Check each DLL to ensure it is unblocked  right-click  Properties  and check select Unblock  Run Notepad    If you have UAC enabled  use  Run as Administrator  to run Notepad    Hold Shift key down  right-click Notepad   icon  and select  Run as Administrator    Go to menu Settings -  Import -  Import plugins     Use dialog displayed to locate you local copy of the plugin DLL  Once plugin DLL has been selected  Notepad   should tell you you need to restart  If it doesn t  then Notepad   has had some problem - though it doesn t tell you what     Restart Notepad      The above causes a copy of the plugin DLL to be copied under a subfolder of the same name in C  Program Files Notepad   plugins   Putting plugins directly into one of the following folders  or sub-folders for each plugin   as suggested in other answers  did not work for me   a   PROGRAMDATA  Notepad   plugins  b   ALLDATA  Notepad   plugins

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The solution for me is    Put the plugin inside  plugin folder  for me it s XMLTools dll  with some additional files that is instructed to be placed in the installdir   Run as administrator  on notepad   exe Settings Import Import plugin s      browse to intended  dll  select it Prompt comes up telling me to restart Done

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Here are the steps that worked for me     Download the plugin and extract the plugin dll file  Place the plugin dll file under plugin folder of notepad   installation  For me it was   C  Program Files Notepad   plugins Go to Notepad   then   Settings - gt  Import - gt  Import plugin  import the plugin   Notepad   will show the restart message   Sometimes it may not show it  Restart the notepad    Should see new plugin under the Plugins menu  ALL DONE

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Open the Notepad   as administrator  then import the  dll from the plugin folder that you pasted inside C Program File Notepad   plugins

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If the plugin you want to install is not listed in the Plugins Admin  you may still install it manually  The plugin  in the DLL form  should be placed in the plugins subfolder of the Notepad   Install Folder  under the subfolder with the same name of plugin binary name without file extension   For example  if the plugin you want to install named myAwesomePlugin dll  you should install it with the following path     PROGRAMFILES x86   Notepad   plugins myAwesomePlugin myAwesomePlugin dll   or   PROGRAMFILES  Notepad   plugins myAwesomePlugin myAwesomePlugin dll   Once you installed the plugin  you can use  and you may configure  it via the menu    Plugins      Restart the Notepad   after putting the plugin  Source   https   npp-user-manual org docs plugins

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In v7 7  I had to go to Plugins menu and select  Open Plugins Folder      which goes to C  Program Files Notepad   plugins    I had to create a folder for the plugin and extract the  dll into the folder   For example  create a folder called  JSMinNPP  and place the  JSMinNPP dll  in that folder   It doesn t work if you put the dll into the plugins folder   Finally go to Settings --  Import --  Import plugin s  and import that dll and restart Notepad

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Before using plugin NOTE plugins are usually in notepad 32 bit   32 bit plugin is not compatible with 64 bit and vice versa Recommendation use Notepad   32 bit   Using Import in Notepad    I tried Import plugin   https   stackoverflow com a 54873143 3266623  However it didnt worked for me  Manual way  1  Download and extract  zip file having all  dll plugin files under the path C  ProgramData Notepad   plugins   To download use following link or google the same http   docs notepad-plus-plus org index php Plugin Central  2  For placing inside plugins - Make sure to create a separated folder for each plugin   plugins      DSpellCheck      MIME Tools      Converter  etc     3   if plugin contains ext libs folder  Copy ext libs to the root notepad folder Usually contains few ddl files i e   C  Program Files  x86  Notepad

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Notepad   address has changed  so many of the links above are broken  The up to date link for this question is here  https   npp-user-manual org docs plugins   Just in case the address changes again  here is what we have there today   How to install a plugin  Install plugin manually  If the plugin you want to install is not listed in the Plugins Admin  you may still install it manually  The plugin  in the DLL form  should be placed in the plugins subfolder of the Notepad   Install Folder  under the subfolder with the same name of plugin binary name without file extension  For example  if the plugin you want to install named myAwesomePlugin dll  you should install it with the following path    PROGRAMFILES x86   Notepad   plugins myAwesomePlugin myAwesomePlugin dll  Once you installed the plugin  you can use  and you may configure  it via the menu    Plugins

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as an aside  i Couldnt import the  dll if it was already in the plugins folder   I put it in a temp folder on the C drive  and it worked perfectly

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For me the C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   plugins does not work   I have to put plugins into the following directory    C  Users  lt username gt  AppData Local Notepad   plugins    UPDATE  There is a feature from NPP-v7 6 4 to open plugin folder   Plugins - gt  Open Plugins Folder

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Here are my steps tried with NPP 7 8 2    1 Download the plugins zip  refer plugin-full-list json     https   github com notepad-plus-plus nppPluginList blob master src pl x64 json   2 Extract the files  normally  dll lib files  from zip to npp s plugins sub-folder  E g    extract NppFTP-x64 zip into C  Program Files Notepad   plugins NppFTP  Keep in mind      i Must create sub-folder for each plugin   ii The sub-folder s name must be EXACTLY SAME as the main  dll filename  e g   NppFTP dll     3 Restart npp  those plugin will be automatically loaded    Note-1   I didn t do setting- import- plugin  it seems this is not required  Note-2   You may need start npp with  run as administrator  option if you want to do import plugin

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My frustration in being unable to get a plugin for Notepad   to work came from not realizing that the DLL for the plugin had to be installed directly in the C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   plugins directory  and NOT into a subfolder below that  named for the plugin    I was misled because every OTHER plugin that comes with the clean installation of Notepad   IS installed in its own subfolder under  plugins     plugins      DSpellCheck      MIME Tools      Converter  etc     I tried that with the plugin I was attempting to install  autosave   and just couldn t get it to work  But then thanks to an answer from Steve Chambers above  I tried putting the DLL directly into the  plugins folder and PRESTO  It Works   Hope this helps save someone else similar frustrations

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