How to remove pending action
Every time I start NotePad++ there's a popup saying:
There are still some pending actions to complete installing or removing some plugins
I was trying to install Plugin Manager, but I couldn't due to lack of admin right. How can I get rid of this annoying notification?
Solution 1:
To 'reset' the plugin updates, you need to delete the below file.
%APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\Config\PluginManagerGpup.xml
Deleting this file will also result in the cleanup of the "plugin_install_temp" directory upon the next startup of the application.
Source: https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/blob/master/pluginManager/src/PluginManager.cpp#L341
Solution 2:
The other answers did not work for me because those files did not exist. Nor could I find them in another location using Windows-7 search.
However, they did exist. I found their location via Notepad++. In the menu select:
Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager
then in the pop up press
Settings
At the bottom of this dialog is a section marked Information. This will start:
Plugin Config path is:
Open this location in Windows Explorer. You will need to delete files from this location. But before you then delete these files, close Notepad++. (I have seen some files recreated if Notepad++ was left open.)
Then delete these files:
- PluginManager.ini
- PluginManagerPlugins.xml
- PluginManagerPlugins.zip
and the folder
- plugin_install_temp
Then start Notepad++ again. Here you may see the Notepad ++ Plugin Manager dialog. Ensure that any plugins are checked and press
Ignore Selected Updates
Finally, return to the Plugin Manager:
Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager
Press
Settings
and uncheck:
Notify of plugin updates at startup
Probably some of these steps (eg deleting all these files) are redundant but this worked for me.