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+# just 64-bit installer. x64 was introduced at ver. 7.0. Most plugins are
+# now also available for x64 but not all of them. Therefore there's now
+# a seperate x64 sls for those who want to use the x64 version.
+{% if grains['cpuarch'] == 'AMD64' %}
+npp_x64:
+{%
+    for version in [
+        '8.3.3',
+        '8.3.1',
+        '8.2.1',
+        '8.2',
+        '8.1.9.3',
+        '8.1.9.2',
+        '8.1.5',
+        '8.1.4',
+        '8.1.3',
+        '8.1.2',
+        '8.1.1',
+        '8.1',
+        '7.9.5',
+        '7.9.4',
+        '7.9.3',
+        '7.9.2',
+        '7.9.1',
+        '7.9',
+        '7.8.9',
+        '7.8.8',
+        '7.8.7',
+        '7.8.6',
+        '7.8.5',
+        '7.8.4',
+        '7.8.3',
+        '7.8.2',
+        '7.8.1',
+        '7.8',
+        '7.7.1',
+        '7.7',
+    ]
+%}
+  '{{ version }}':
+    full_name: 'Notepad++ (64-bit x64)'
+    installer: 'https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v{{ version }}/npp.{{ version }}.Installer.x64.exe'
+    install_flags: '/S'
+    uninstaller: '%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe'
+    uninstall_flags: '/S'
+    msiexec: False
+    locale: en_US
+    reboot: False
+{% endfor %}
+
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# Below are versions of Notepad Plus Plus that have had the installer assets
+# removed from github. An uninstall only definition will remain here so the
+# packages will show up correctly in `pkg.list_pkgs` and to allow for removal
+# using `pkg.remove`
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+{%
+    for version in [
+        '8.3.2',
+        '8.3',
+        '8.1.9.1',
+        '8.1.9',
+        '8.1.8',
+        '8.1.7',
+        '8.1.6',
+        '8.0',
+        '7.6.6',
+        '7.6.5',
+        '7.6.4',
+        '7.6.3',
+        '7.6.2',
+        '7.6.1',
+        '7.6',
+        '7.5.9',
+        '7.5.8',
+        '7.5.7',
+        '7.5.6',
+        '7.5.5',
+        '7.5.4',
+        '7.5.3',
+        '7.5.2',
+        '7.5.1',
+        '7.5',
+        '7.4.2',
+        '7.4.1',
+        '7.4',
+        '7.3.3',
+        '7.3.2',
+        '7.3.1',
+        '7.3',
+        '7.2.2',
+        '7.2.1',
+        '7.2',
+        '7.1',
+        '7',
+    ]
+%}
+  '{{ version }}':
+    skip_urltest: True
+    full_name: 'Notepad++ (64-bit x64)'
+    uninstaller: '%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\uninstall.exe'
+    uninstall_flags: '/S'
+    msiexec: False
+    locale: en_US
+    reboot: False
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}