I am reluctant to ask you to try the next (reasonably) logical steps, because they could possibly lead to a no-boot, and the necessity for going to the recovery environment to retrieve the last-known-good registry, or a Safe boot, to re-install the registry key backup I would ask you to make after you (1) created a new Restore point for C: and after you (2) backed up the exact key you then deleted.You can change Notepad++ font face and size in a window called Style Configurator. Your permissions are just as they should be for those two keys, and that just puts us back at question ONE: where is that Arial setting originating? The first two opened in the third's font. I was thinking just maaaybbbee it would open those files in the fonts they were typed in. txt files to Notepad, then made three text files in Notepad with three different fonts. I wondered some more about what you've investigated so far. txt file sometimes, instead of opening a blank Notepad instance from a shortcut or the Start Menu > Windows Accessories. I wondered whether you were double-clicking a saved. I thought I'd had an epiphany last night while I was drifting off. You've put in an enormous amount of time on this annoying issue, and it's still not solved, as you well know. Is there a possibility my Notepad issue will self-correct when I move to 21H1? I'm on 20H2 & holding it there in GP settings. Local Machine Permissions Advance_OCR (Sample Only).pdfĢ. If so, I will start fresh tomorrow with a full shutdown first.

and removed personal info.Īdvise if this is more useful to you. I've copied (snipping tool) one of them, imported it into a non-Adobe. I may go that way (even if we fix my current issue)ġ. (But if you want to continue with our adventure in Notepad-fixing, we'll do 'er.

And I'm a real pro-level user of it by now, so if you had any questions about configuring options or using features, I'd be close at hand. Here's a look-at-it link: NoteTab Light - 100% freewareĪnd here's an old review from PCMagazine: NoteTab Light | PCWorld I've used it for over a decade through several editions, and I would never go back to Notepad.

You could just abandon all this work and move to a much more feature-rich text editor app that won't mess around with your choices.

Notepad++ font is changing