There is a settings to disable updates by default, but it cannot forced and will try to update Notepad++, too. Users do not have permissions to install anything there! Additionally it looks impossible to disable automatic updates if plugin manager should work. In parallel the new Plugin Manager is such a crap that plugins are installed to ProgramData folder and since 7.6.3 in ProgramFiles folder. Notepad++ 7.6.x and later: The developer has removed the ability to install per user plugins.

Integrated XML Tools-Plugin as it requires administrative permission and is a broken plugin that does not install properly per user (v6.7.9.2 or later).The setup can still install all languages available for Notepad++. This translations list mean the setup user interface only. Setup user interface is available in English only or a multilingual user interface (MUI) version that currently supports English/German/French/Spanish/Japanese/Chinese (CN/TW) and more languages may be added later.Automatic upgrade over existing versions (no uninstall required).Automatic upgrade from previous NSIS setups.All Features can be customized via transforms or command line, e.g.All setup options like NSIS, but the old Notepad++ Icon is not implemented.Installations on Windows x86 and 圆4 are supported.These are the setup features that have been implemented and can be enabled/disabled via transforms:

No need to wrap suxxx NSIS installer into an MSI any longer.

If you'd like to push it out to your users desktops - it's available now. I'm not a developer of Notepad++, but I've created a full-fledged per Machine MSI setup for the Notepad++ Team to make Notepad++ deployable via Active Directory. This is a note for all others searching for a Notepad++ version that can be deployed in Enterprise via Active Directory.

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