Notepad2 4.1.24-rc3

4.6 out of 5 stars 4.6 (258 votes)

BETA (February 8, 2010)

Windows 2000/9x/XP / Open Source / 12,878 downloads

Notepad2 is another small, fast notepad replacement with some unusual features. It includes zoom, rectangular selection, regular expressions, and more.

Reviews of Notepad2

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Reverb

    Reviewing 4.1.24-rc3 (Feb 8, 2010)

    I have to agree with the other reviewers here. Best notepad for Windows replacement. Like notepad, it is small, fast, and light but also portable. I too have replacled the native notepad app with this on all my Windows boxes and keep it handy on my USB flash drive.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    Blaxima

    Reviewing 4.1.24-rc3 (Feb 8, 2010)

    This and foobar are just two of a very small set of apps that I consider must haves for every windows user.

    I just wish Kai Liu would update his version

    New in Version 4.1.24-rc3 (released February 07, 2010)

    - /z command line switch (support registry-based Notepad replacement)
    - /u command line switch (launch Notepad2 with elevated privileges)
    - Fixed some /p command line switch options not working properly
    - Display more informative error messages for file operation failures
    - Hotkey to copy pathname of current file to clipboard (s***+F9)
    - Window title indicator when running with elevated privileges
    - Ini-options to control system MRU, taskbar and jump list behaviour
    - Revised word wrap settings dialog and added more detailed options
    - New style setting to control font smoothing (see FAQ on my website)
    - New style setting to control size of visible white space dots
    - Added new "HTML Element Text" and "XML Element Text" styles
    - Improved default style utilization for HTML-embedded schemes
    - Updated PowerShell keywords to version 2.0
    - Updated Scintilla library to 2.02

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    gawd21

    Reviewing 4.0.24 RC1 (Dec 16, 2009)

    I am torn between this and Notepad ++ They are both great and I couldn't see getting by without one or the other on a daily basis.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 4.0.2.3 (Dec 9, 2009)

    I've replaced the native notepad.exe files with Notepad2, after renaming the latter's file to match (using WfpDeprotect, an awesome console app available from bitsum.com). Great replacement for all the aforementioned reasons.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    XhmikosR

    Reviewing 4.0.2.3 (Oct 12, 2009)

    @dhry: Unfortunately Kai Liu hasn't updated his builds for quite some time now.

    Nevertheless, I agree Notepad2 is the best notepad replacement. Small and does what it has to very nicely.

    If only Florian Balmer would use the installer Kai Liu has made. That would made things a lot easier for a lot of people.

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