Random Thoughts

I’ve been using Notepad++ Portable — an open source text editor — for off-line blog post prep. This open source program is available as a Portable app at http:\\portableapps.com. Recently, I’ve been receiving a “config.xml failed” error when loading the app. This was followed by a “stylers.xml failed” error. Notepad++ still worked but the skin changed and settings seemed to be lost. I found the file in the folder \PortableApps\Notepad++Portable\App\Notepad++ and since it had a file length of zero, I assumed it was corrputed. I renamed this file to config.old and that did the trick for both errors. Next time I loaded Notepad++ a new config.xlm file appeared, this one with an 8/16/2007 date. My guess is that when the app doesn’t find the config.xlm file in the appropriate folder, it copies the original from a different folder. I’m not sure how this happened by I’d bet a nickel I yanked out my USB drive before shutting down the app and that corrupted the file. Thanks to Bill Weber for an article that pointed me in the correct direction.

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