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- Your original installation is in `c:\PortableNpp\`
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- For these instructions, this is assumed to be where you want the upgraded copy of Notepad++ to end up.
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- These instructions will refer to this as "the Destination".
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- You have the ComparePlus plugin, or otherwise understand how to compare contents of similar files
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- You have read and understood the [Online UserManual section on Editing Configuration Files](https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#editing-configuration-files)
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- You have the ComparePlus plugin, or otherwise understand how to compare contents of similar files.
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- You have read and understood the [Online UserManual section on Editing Configuration Files](https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#editing-configuration-files).
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- Make sure you have recently exited Notepad++ and restarted it, without having made any configuration changes in the GUI since restarting it, as per "Editing Configuration Files".
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- You have already backed up `c:\PortableNpp\` so that you can easily undo any accidental changes.
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2. Unzip the new portable zipfile into `c:\PortableNpp.temp\`
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- This is just being used to temporarily store the new version of Notepad++.
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- These instructions will refer to this as the "Temporary" version.
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## Upgrading Plugins
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Neither the installer/updater nor manually upgrading your portable edition will affect your plugins, though upgrading either should update the `nppPluginList.dll` used to determine what plugins the **Plugins Admin**. After upgrading Notepad++, you should go to [**Plugins > Plugins Admin > Updates**](../plugins/#install-using-plugins-admin) to check to see if any of your plugins should be updated. (To clarify: The installer may also update any of the default plugins, including NppExport, NppConverter, and MIME Tools; however, if you don't use the installer, those can be upgraded using **Plugins Admin**'s **Updates** tab, as well.)
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Neither the installer/updater nor manually upgrading your portable edition will affect (nearly all of) your plugins, though upgrading either edition should update the `nppPluginList.dll` used to determine what plugins the **Plugins Admin**. After upgrading Notepad++ by any means, you should go to [**Plugins > Plugins Admin > Updates**](../plugins/#install-using-plugins-admin) to check to see if any of your plugins should be updated. (To clarify: The installer may also update any of the default plugins, including NppExport, NppConverter, and MIME Tools; however, if you don't use the installer, those can be upgraded using **Plugins Admin**'s **Updates** tab, as well.)
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