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# Installation

To install the Preview plugin, you can go about it in the following ways:

1. Using the Plugin Admin (since Notepad++ version 7.6)
2. Manually

<font color="red">🚧 *(this page is a work in progress)* 🚧</font>

## Using the Plugin Admin

Unfortunately, this Preview plugin is not listed in the Plugin Admin. For now, the only way is to install it manually. 

## Manual installation

1. Check if you've got a 64-bits version of Notepad++, or a 32-bits version.
2. Download the relevant latest version of the plugin:
  * [64-bits]() <font color="red">🚧 *not properly tested yet* 🚧</font>
  * [32-bits](zip/npp_preview.zip?uuid=publish)
3. Extract the zip file to the plugins directory:
  * For Notepad++ versions 7.6.0 and up, the DLL should end up in `$(PLUGINSDIR)\npp_preview`
  * For Notepad++ version before 7.6, the DLL should end up directly in `$(PLUGINSDIR)`
4. Restart Notepad++. No other setup should be necessary.

### Note about `$(PLUGINSDIR)`

The plugins directory can be located at `%AppData%\Notepad++\plugins`, or just below the directory containing `notepad++.exe`, e.g. `C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins`.

To find out where your `%AppData%` is located, just paste (or type) it into the address bar of Windows’ File Explorer:

![%AppData%](https://fossil.2of4.net/npp_preview/raw/594f049e22c5c8cf3bf69b5214447b4c6d91a319?m=image/png)

## Next steps

See [How to use](wiki/How to use).
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