How to automatically reload a single modified window in Notepad++

Unless your file is very large, it is possible.

Check menu item View > Monitoring (tail -f)

  • This setting is per file, so it will work for your individual file.
  • The file is not editable when the setting is enabled.
  • If you have enabled word wrapping and the file is not always scrolled to end as expected, update Notepad++ to version 7.9 where this issue is fixed.

This is a workaround if the above won't satisfy you:

Copy your Notepad++ into another directory, configure global reload settings differently and keep your special file open in that second instance of Notepad++.

  • You can even set a different color style for that instance so you can instantly recognize it.
  • This is a good choice to keep the file editable for certain use cases.

Click the eyeball on later versions. Currently on 7.5.6 but not sure how far back the eyeball goes.

Picture of the Eyeball icon

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