![]() ![]() I am disappointed to see John Haller, who otherwise has a reputation for high-quality reliable software, promoting this fundamentally flawed program. Notepad++ is only available for Windows, so. Goodbye to Notepad++ I never want to touch it again.īy the way, Notepad++ Portable has the the same major bug. The base version of Notepad++ can be downloaded for free by clicking on the Free Download button at. Continue reading below to discover detailed file information, EXE file troubleshooting, and free downloads of several versions of notepad.exe. Well, it's too much user effort for me to tolerate this horribly defective program. Notepad.exe is bundled with the software package in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8. ![]() And what reason does he give for not fixing it? He says it's too much "coding effort". Scroll to the "Followups" section at the bottom of that formal bug-report page, and you will witness Don Ho blatantly refusing to fix this major bug. 1 Go to the Windows Notepad download page in the Microsoft Store app. Here is a link to a bug report about it (on an official Notepad++ web site): Here are answers to a few common questions about Notepad: How do I change header and footer commands in Notepad How do I use Notepad to create a log If you need additional help, ask the Microsoft Community. There is a work-around for this bug, but the work-around is a time-consuming hassle that you must remember to do (and probably won't remember to do) every time you save a new document. Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 7 Windows 11 To open Notepad, select the Start button, enter Notepad, then select Notepad from the results. ![]() So, for example, if you create a new plain-text document, it is saved without the ".txt" extension, and therefore it is saved by Windows as an unknown file type, which Windows will not know how to handle when you try to open it. The bug causes the following problem: when saving a new document, your new document is saved without any extension. What makes Notepad++ even better is its plugin support. If you’re a fan of the app, and want to help support its development, you can also buy the Notepad++ UWP app. It’s free though so installing it isn’t a big deal. I absolutely vote thumbs-down on Notepad++ because it has a major bug that the program's author, Don Ho, refuses to fix. Notepad++ is the text editor you wish Windows 10 came bundled with but it isn’t. ![]()
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