http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Notepad2Search resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Notepad2Copyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://superuser.com/questions/142449/notepad2-or-notepad-and-why1 They're both freeware or open source so why don't you download and install them both and try them out to see which one you like the best. I'm using Notepad++ myself, but that's purely because someone recommended it to me. If they'd recommended Notepad2 then I'd probably be using that.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:22:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/1682483/is-there-any-straightforward-way-to-replace-notepad-exe-in-windows-11After that, typing notepad.exe in any terminal window opens Notepad2 but double-clicking text files still opens them in notepad. My question therefore is, is there any straightforward way to make notepad2.exe (or any other text editor) replace notepad.exe as was possible in earlier versions of Windows?Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:15:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/80885/how-to-set-notepad2-to-use-utf-8-instead-of-ansiEach time I create a new file in Notepad2, the encoding is ANSI (1252). I'd like instead to have UTF-8 as default. Is there a way to get this ?Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:24:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/1925966/how-to-get-notepad-s-open-dialog-box-to-show-every-file-in-a-folder-by-defaultHow to get Notepad’s Open dialog box to show every file in a folder by default, instead of only “.txt” files?Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:19:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/1866317/how-to-install-notepad-on-windows-11-24h2-sandboxHow does this work when Notepad is a UWP and has to be installed from the Windows Store? I raised this exact question, about the existing answer, but this answer does reflect the UWP application.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:04:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/tagged/notepad2?tab=NewestNotepad2 horizontal scrolling issue I love Notepad2, but the one thing that is starting to make me want to ditch it is the horizontal scrolling quirk that prevents you from using the scrollbar to scroll all the way out to the right in ...Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:53:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/792/how-do-i-replace-notepad-in-windows-7I use Notepad2. I love Notepad2. How do I replace Notepad with Notepad2 in Windows 7, so I never use the old version of Notepad again?Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:08:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/1005746/search-and-replace-newline-in-windows-notepadUsing Notepad2 for the search and replace is super simple. In the Replace text dialog, check the 'Translate backslashes' option. Then you can use \r\n, \n, \t, etc., in the Search and/or Replace text fields.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:03:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/545461/replace-carriage-return-and-line-feed-in-notepadI have a file with a mix of CRLF and LF, and wish to remove the LF. I am new to Notepad++ and just downloaded V6.23. I'm using the search/replace dialogue box in extended mode. It will find and ...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:19:00 GMThttps://superuser.com/questions/565181/notepad-tabbed-and-untabbed-at-the-same-timeNotepad2 is good, but I would like the exact functionality of Notepad++ for untabbed windows (The way it highlights all instances of the selected word, keyboard shortcuts, etc.). Adding asNotepad.xml to the Notepad++ folder will make it open in a new window each time, but I want to be able to open tabbed windows at the same time.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:25:00 GMT