Notepad++ External Content - Action Script Fx

Usage and Config Patch
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For Action 2 to kill the Notepad++ content out there:

  waithidden {if (name of operating system = "WinXP" AND personal bit (suite mask of operating system)) then "tskill notepad++ /a" else "taskkill /F /IM notepad++"}

needs to have .exe added onto the end of notepad++ for non XP systems:

waithidden {if (name of operating system = "WinXP" AND personal bit (suite mask of operating system)) then "tskill notepad++ /a" else "taskkill /F /IM notepad++.exe"}

If no .exe, the fixlet fails. The Mozilla Firefox Fixlets are using .exe as well to kill that app.

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Thanks for the info, I’ll let the patch team know.

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Thanks for reporting this! The change has been published to version 861 of Updates for Windows Applications site.

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Strange version number under windows 10:
Q: version of regapp "notepad++.exe"
A: 6.88.8.0

On all other windows:
Q: version of regapp "notepad++.exe"
A: 6.8.8.0

So I made my custom fixlet with this relevance:
version of regapp “notepad++.exe” < “6.8.9” or version of regapp “notepad++.exe” = “6.88.8.0”

Version 6.8.9 reports under Win10:
Q: version of regapp "notepad++.exe"
A: 6.89.9.0

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Notepad++ was inconsistent initially with regapp a year or two ago so we have just been using this relevance in our custom content for Notepad++:

if (x64 of operating system) then (version of file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" as string < "6.8.9" as string) else (version of file "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" as string < "6.8.9" as string)
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use raw version of regapp "notepad++.exe" seems to workaround the issue.

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