Plugins not visible when downloaded through PluginManager
Description of the Issue
If i download any plugin using PluginManager, that plugin doesn't appear on Npp. The downloaded file is found in AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins. If I manually copy that into AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins by creating a folder with the same name of the plugin and place the plugin dll within that folder, then i can see the plugin in Npp.
Steps to Reproduce the Issue
- Installed Npp(64 bit) latest v7.6
- Using Plugin Admin installed PluginManager, then installed the updated version of the PluginManager
- Using Plugin Manager installed XML Tools Did not find XMLTools in NPP
- Found the XMLTools.dll in AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins folder.
- Went to AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins folder
- Created a folder XMLTools in AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins
- Copied XMLTools.dll into AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins\XMLTools
- Opened Npp and XMLTools was visible
Expected Behavior
I shouldn't have to do the manual step of copying the plugin dll from AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins folder to AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins folder
@saudansari PM up to current 1.4.12 is not compatible with the changes from N++ 7.6 and also 7.5.8(see #127)/7.5.9 which introduced the plugins in subfolders instead of directly inside of the plugins dir is not fully supported.
Not sure if this change from N++ could be supported by the current codebase of PM at all. And if backwards compatibility with older N++ versions could be achieved.
Plugin Manager is totally broken with the new 7.6.1 release of Notepad++ because now plugins are found in %PROGRAMDATA% (C:\ProgramData\Notepad++\plugins)