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I like the vim Dark Blue style in Notepad++, but I want to use it with Lucida instead of Consolas. When I change the font to Lucida, it is never saved. Is there a way to save a custom style that combines a new font with a built-in style?

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As @mikez302 said in a comment above, run as administrator. Then make your style changes via Settings/Style Configurator. There is no need to edit these files manually.

As of v5.8.6, theme files are stored under %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%. Vista/Win7 will refuse to write to this directory when the application is not run as Administrator. Furthermore, it appears that "Global Override" settings get saved into the active theme file. Hopefully future versions of Notepad++ will store these user-specific theme settings under %APPDATA% as the Windows paradigm intends.

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This is the correct answer. Solved the problem for me. – endolith Mar 26 '11 at 17:03
Spot on, solved my problem too. Great suggestion that these settings should go into user-writable territory. – poplitea Sep 2 '11 at 13:35
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Head over to Settings / Style Configurator. Select the font name and enable checkbox against Enable global font. Click on Save & Close.

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Thanks for the answer. But when I change the font to Lucida as you explain; and check the Enable global font box; next time I open Notepad++ the font name is not in the Font name box and the file has Consolas as font. In fact, sometimes, it does not even open vim Dark Blue but a white background default style. So in short, every time I open Notepad++ I need to change the style to vim Dark Blue and font to Lucida. Changes I make to style are not saved. I may be doing something wrong, but I don't know what. – Zeynel Nov 25 '10 at 18:16
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@Zeynel Does this happen for different file extensions ? Can you try opening the same file multiple times and see if the font settings carry ? – Sathya♦ Nov 26 '10 at 23:36
Worked for me, thanks. Image is broken... – jumbo Oct 28 '11 at 9:50
@jumbo Thanks for letting me know - I've reuploaded the image – Sathya♦ Oct 28 '11 at 10:01
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I'm having the same issue using the latest version (5.8.5).
I believe a bug report is in order. Here is a bug that seems to (at the very least) be related: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2893679&group_id=95717&atid=612382

Another option (until the issue gets resolved) may be to manually add a theme to %PROGRAMFILES%\Notepad++\themes
(Note that you have to run your editor as Administrator to be able to save this file.)

Simply copy the theme you like, and edit the copy to your liking.
In your case, editing the fontName under <GlobalStyles> should do the trick.
Additionally you may want to edit name="stylerTheme" path="" in your %APPDATA%\Notepad++\config.xml file.

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awesome! – studiohack♦ Nov 26 '10 at 19:10
@studiohack: Not a problem at all. :-) – oKtosiTe Nov 26 '10 at 19:20
I tried making a copy of the theme and saving it, and I got a dialog box saying "Please check whether if this file is opened in another program". Does anyone know what to do about this? I tried editing the file in a different editor and it wouldn't let me either. I am using Noetpad++ 5.8.6 on Windows 7. – mikez302 Jan 11 '11 at 22:23
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I was able to save the file by running Notepad++ as administrator. – mikez302 Jan 11 '11 at 22:52
@mikez302: Good point. I forgot to mention that. Edited it in. – oKtosiTe Jan 14 '11 at 17:19
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Have you tried updating to the last version? I use 5.8.5 and the procedure explained by Sathya works...

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Open the notepad++ by right clicking and selecting 'Run as Administrator' - and then make the changes you want to make. Your changes will be preserved.

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