Where are the paths to the files open in Notepad++ (last open tabs) stored?
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00:00 Where Are The Paths To The Files Open In Notepad++ (Last Open Tabs) Stored?
00:22 Answer 1 Score 4
00:34 Accepted Answer Score 24
00:55 Answer 3 Score 7
01:05 Answer 4 Score 4
01:17 Thank you
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Rise to the top 3% as a developer or hire one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
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Music by Eric Matyas
https://www.soundimage.org
Track title: A Thousand Exotic Places Looping v001
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Chapters
00:00 Where Are The Paths To The Files Open In Notepad++ (Last Open Tabs) Stored?
00:22 Answer 1 Score 4
00:34 Accepted Answer Score 24
00:55 Answer 3 Score 7
01:05 Answer 4 Score 4
01:17 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 24
%APPDATA%\notepad++\config.xml
or perhaps
%APPDATA%\notepad++\session.xml
By the way, if you want to know how I found this out, I fired up Sysinternals ProcMon, set a filter on the ProcessName field to "notepad++.exe", closed Notepad++ and then ProcMon showed me which files had been accessed when I closed it.
ANSWER 2
Score 7
This location should work regardless of username or Windows version:
%APPDATA%\Notepad++\session.xml
ANSWER 3
Score 4
It's in C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\session.xml
ANSWER 4
Score 4
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup