







Notepad++ is definitely my favorite Notepad replacement because of the extensive features that it has built-in. A lot of applications are going to tabbed interfaces these days and Notepad++ realized the importance of this early on, which is actually why I started using it in the first place. Being able to have multiple documents open in the same window is a huge plus not to mention how much room it saves on your Taskbar.

Version 4 brings some new goodies to the table and now includes the Explorer plug-in pictured on the left-side in the screenshot above. It actually lets you navigate your hard drive so that you can easily open up the documents without fussing with a popup window. Besides for that there are a lot of bug fixes so the upgrade is highly recommended:

Fix the crash issue.

Add Docking feature for plugin dialogs.

Fix the bug that current “open” and “save as” directory are unchanged with the shortcut Ctrl+Tab.

Fix the bug that the new added languages in v3.9 can not be hidden from the language menu.

Fix the volatile search direction bug.

Fix the Tab display problem.

Add Haskell, InnoSetup languages support.

Add the option to open/save files in the last operation directory.

Enhance Document switcher (MRU and switch crossing view abilities).

Fix “Find Next” unicode bug for Find Replace Dialog.

Support Unicode in displayed result of Find in files & Find in all opened files.

Add Reload from disk feature.

Fix bug : quite (close or restart Windows) without prompt to save.

All the shortcuts of plugins commands are customizable via the shortcut mapper

If you’re a programmer then you’ll surely love Notepad++ with its syntax highlighting. It supports all kinds of languages including C++, Java, PHP, HTML, ASP, and much more. When you’re just trying to make a quick edit, whether it be to source code or any text document, there is nothing better than to have Notepad++ a click away!

Download Notepad++ 4.0 (Mirror)