I tried installing the spell check and I guess I needed the nerd. I’m not a computer nerd but I’m not ignorant about using them either. a spell checker would be a great time saver for me. I’ve installed it multiple times when helping people here, and didn’t have to go over as many hurdles as I just did to try Aspell.) (Personally, I find the Hunspell is easier to set up, because you don’t need the separate library to link to. Since it worked for me, I am stronger in my guess that you just didn’t install the Aspell dictionary on your new laptop. Then after downloading and installing the library and the English dictionary, when I tried to point DSpellCheck to it, I was told that it was a 32bit DLL and I have 64-bit Notepad++.Īfter unzipping a 32-bit portable Notepad++ instead, then installing the DSpellCheck there, then attaching it to the Aspell library and choosing which variant of the English dictionary I wanted, it worked just fine for me, and found the dictionary and would show misspelled words. I don’t know whether that’s what you did.įor me, I was worried by the “This port is no longer supported.” bold print. Based on the Aspell page that the DSpellCheck links to, it looks like you need to install the dictionary choice(s) separately from the Aspell library. I decided to give it a try in a fresh portable Notepad++ to see if I could help you. I had never tried the Aspell library for the DSpellCheck plugin. But we can guess what you might be doing wrong. You didn’t give a load of information as to what you did, so it’s hard to say what you are doing wrong.

Notepad++ spell check plugin