File opens minimized in Notepad ++

Question

When I open any file (defaulted to Notepad++) then it opens in minimized condition, in the task bar. Is there any workarounds?

The only way I could do it, was Resetting Notepad++ settings

Answer 1

just done a few quick googles on this, if you can give this a try: Right click on the Notepad icon, Properties, RUN AS: Normal Window

That seemed to have sorted it for quite a few others with notepad++

Answer 2

What it seems to cause the problem is a combination of settings/actions.

Settings->Preferences->Multi-Instance->Default(mono-instance) allows only one instance to run. If this instance runs with Administrator privilleges, double click on txt files does not focus the window.

My own explanation for when I double clicked a txt file, notepad++ in Administrator-mode stayed in background, is that a double-click as a user-action is not considered an Administrative privilleged task therefore window with Administrative rights does not focus...

Solution: Either prevent yourself from initializing the only instance as Administrator, or open first time notepad++ by double-clicking a file (so that it will open in user mode), or enable multi-instance mode to allow more than a single window (with and without Administrator rights).

Worked for me, hope it works for you