Notepad++ silent install exe and msi version – Command Line

Notepad++ silent install is the new article from a series of silent installations. Notepad++ as free software has two main features. The first is text editing and the second is a source code editor. We will instruct how to silent install notepad++. The article explains both, exe and MSI file method. You can use those methods for all versions of notepad++.  The methods are tested and working well.

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How to Install Notepad++ Silently (MSI & EXE)

Notepad++ (32-bit) (EXE) Silent Install

  1. Download Notepad ++  32-bit from the official site: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
  2. Save the file to a folder created at (C:\Install_Test)
  3. Open a CMD by Right-Clicking on CMD and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the (C:\Install_Test)
  5. Enter the following command:
    npp.7.9.Installer.exe /S
  6. Change the “npp.7.9.Installer.exe” with your downloaded version.
  7. Press Enter

Notepad++ should be installed and find entries in the Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

 

Notepad++ (64-bit) (EXE) Silent Install

  1. Download Notepad ++  64-bit from the official site: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
  2. Save the file to a folder created at (C:\Install_Test)
  3. Open a CMD by Right-Clicking on CMD and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the (C:\Install_Test)
  5. Enter the following command:
    npp.7.9.Installer.x64.exe /S
  6. Change the “npp.7.9.Installer.x64.exe” with your downloaded version.
  7. Press Enter

Notepad++ 64-bit should be installed and find entries in the Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

 

How to Silent Install Notepad++ (MSI)

  1. Download Notepad ++  MSI version from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/notepadmsi/
  2. Save the file to a folder created at (C:\Install_Test)
  3. Open a CMD by Right-Clicking on CMD and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the (C:\Install_Test)
  5. Enter the following command:
    start /wait msiexec /i "Notepad++_MSI_Installer.msi" /qn
  6. Change the “Notepad++_MSI_Installer.msi” with your downloaded version name.
  7. Press Enter

 

How to Disable Notpadd++ Auto Updates

  1. Open the application and navigate to the Settings tab and Select Preferences…
  2. Under the MISC. section UNCHECK “Enable Notepad++ Auto-Updater”
  3. Click Close and Exit out of the Notepad++ application
  4. Navigate to the current user profile “C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++”
  5. Copy the config.xml file to the C:\Downloads directory with the Notepad++ executable you downloaded earlier
  6. Rename the config.xml file to config.model.xml (This will be the template for all new installations)
  7. delete the “C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++” directory (If a config.xml file already exists in the users profile the settings will not change during a new install or upgrade)
  8. Every time that you install notpadd++ copy the config.model.xml file to the “%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\” directory
  9. Delete or Rename the “%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\updater” directory
  10. All new config.xml files will be created using your personal config.model.xml template

Below is the other section, we will describe how to automate this.

Now when you launch Notepad++ for the first time, a new config.xml file is created within the user profile using the config.model.xml template we created earlier. You can confirm that the Auto-Updater is now unchecked and disabled under Settings-> Preferences-> MISC.-> (UNCHECKED) Enable Notepad++ Auto-Updater

 

How to Silent Uninstall Notepad++

  1. Open a CMD by Right-Clicking on CMD and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter one of the following commands:
    • Notepad++ 32-bit on 32-bit System: “%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe” /S
    • Notepad++ 32-bit on 64-bit System: “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe” /S
    • Notepad++ 64-bit on 64-bit System: “%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe” /S
  3. Press Enter

The old versions of Notepad++ will b uninstalled silently

 

How to create a package to deploy over the network

In this section, we will explain how to create a deploy package for notepad++ MSI and EXE version

Notepad++ does not supply any MSI version of the application. Anyhow we have found a good website to get

It’s your choice to download from those websites be careful because MSI files are modified and are risky.

 

MSI package

Step 1 – Download the MSI file.

To download the MSI file please go to any of the following links: https://sourceforge.net/projects/notepadmsi/

Step 2 – Unzip and copy the MSI file to a folder (C:\Install_Test)

Note! You can check for the lasts version on the links above.

Step 3 – Create a cmd file for MSI silent install.

Create a text file to the folder created previously, copy the following commands, and save like “Install.cmd”:

@echo Uninstall current versions first

if exist "%programfiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" "%programfiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" /S
if exist "%programfiles(x86)%\ Notepad++\uninstall.exe" "%programfiles(x86)%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" /S

@echo Notepad++ msi silent install

start /wait msiexec /i "%~dp0Notepad++_MSI_Installer.msi" /qn

@echo disable auto update

@XCOPY "%~dp0config.model.xml" "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\" /E /C /Q /R /Y
del /S /F /Q "C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++"
del /S /F /Q "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\updater"

Step 4 – Check how to find and create config.model.xml in the above sections.

Note! Change the “Notepad++_MSI_Installer.msi” with your downloaded MSI name file.

Step 5 – Execute command. Just Run As an administrator the cmd file and Notepad++ will be installed silently.

 

EXE package

Step 1 – Download the EXE file.

To download the EXE file please go to the following links: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

Step 2 – Unzip and copy the EXE file to a folder (C:\Install_Test)

Note! You can check for the lasts version on the links above.

Step 3 – Create a cmd file for EXE silent install.

Create a text file to the folder created previously, copy the following commands, and save like “Install.cmd”:

@echo Uninstall current versions first

if exist "%programfiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" "%programfiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" /S
if exist "%programfiles(x86)%\ Notepad++\uninstall.exe" "%programfiles(x86)%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe" /S

@echo Notepad++ exe silent install

start /wait npp.7.9.Installer.x64.exe /S
@echo disable auto update

@XCOPY "%~dp0config.model.xml" "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\" /E /C /Q /R /Y
del /S /F /Q "C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++"
del /S /F /Q "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\updater"

Step 4 – Check how to find and create config.model.xml in the above sections.

Note! Change the “npp.7.9.Installer.x64.exe” with your downloaded EXE name file.

Step 5 – Execute command. Run as Administrator the Install.cmd script and the Notepad++ 64-bit version will be installed silently.

 

Conclusions:

We have covered in this post the silent installation of notepad++ for both versions MSI and EXE. The article included the method to disable auto-update and to silent uninstall notpad++. Also, we created a deploy package to be used on GPO or any other application in order to be installed over the network.

 

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