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Installer fix - Enable updating (overwriting) of auto-completion files#17863

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Installer fix - Enable updating (overwriting) of auto-completion files#17863
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@xomx xomx commented Mar 17, 2026

Fix #14749

A long-standing bug - even the oldest (Sep 9, 2016) autoCompletion.nsh has the NSIS SetOverwrite off set, which means that once installed, the N++ autocompletion files are impossible to update with possible newer versions later.

Ref: NSIS doc

@donho donho self-assigned this Mar 17, 2026
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Notepad++ installer doesn't update already existing files in the “autoCompletion” folder

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