title: How to disable Notepad++ Auto-open previous files without opening Notepad++?
body: <p>How do I stop Notepad++ from loading all files from the past session?</p>
  
  <p>I know how to do that settings in Notepad++, but the problem is that I once opened a very large file (>10GB) and made the Notepad++ hang up. Notepad++ has already marked that big file in the session and therefore hang up everytime I start the Notepad++. Is there a way I can stop it from loading the past session so it won't hang up every time?</p>
  
  <p>P.S. I have received a report on possible duplicate with <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24447786/notepad-doesnt-save-document-on-exit">this question</a>. This is obviously a different case. At least in that question the notepad++ still starts up normally while in my case I cannot even change the settings normally because the notepad++ just hang while loading the stored version. The answer to this question also provide a good way to change the settings without starting Notepad++, which will be useful in fixing problems caused by settings when the Notepad++ cannot starts normally.</p>