Where are the recorded macros stored in Notepad++?

Question

I have recorded a macro that I want to share with my work colleague.

In what location are these recorded macros saved, so that I can add it to his machine?

If interested, the macro is for taking a list of values and adding quotes and comma so that it can be used in the WHERE clause of of an SQL query (WHERE x IN ('value1','value2','value3')).

Answer 1

In Windows the macros are saved at %AppData%\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml (Windows logo key + E and copy&paste %AppData%\Notepad++\)

Or:

• In Windows < 7 (including Win2008/R2) the macros are saved at C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml
• In Windows 7|8|10 C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml

Note: You will need to close Notepad++ if you have any new macros you want to 'export'.

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Here is an example:

<NotepadPlus>
    <InternalCommands />
    <Macros>
        <Macro name="Trim Trailing and save" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="83">
            <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="42024" lParam="0" sParam="" />
            <Action type="2" message="0" wParam="41006" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        </Macro>
        <Macro name="abc" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="a" />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="b" />
            <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="c" />
        </Macro>
    </Macros>
    <UserDefinedCommands>....

I added the 'abc' macro as a proof-of-concept.