Update: Apparently NotePad++ for Mac is unofficial and not associated with the Windows version or developer. According to a blog post by the Windows developer Don Ho, the Mac release has “nothing to ...

Copilot is on its way out of Notepad, but a return to the basic text editor is not on the cards. The Copilot button is reportedly missing from the latest Windows Insider build of Notepad. However, the ...

Windows Latest previously exclusively reported that Microsoft is internally testing image support in Notepad for Windows 11. A month later, Notepad’s image integration is now being quietly teased in ...

In this post, we will show you how to use Markdown in Notepad on a Windows 11 PC. Microsoft has introduced lightweight formatting in Notepad, and it supports Markdown (*.md) files to work directly ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. Notepad has long been Windows’ quiet utility knife. It opens ...

Windows Latest has learned that Microsoft is adding image support to Notepad on Windows 11, and sources told us that the feature has “minimal impact” on performance. Microsoft sources also told us ...

Linux-only fork notice: This repository and its releases target Linux only. For the original Windows Notepad++ application, visit notepad-plus-plus.org. Linux-native fork and reengineering effort for ...

Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim’s computer. is ...

Microsoft just patched a serious vulnerability in Notepad for Windows that could allow hackers to take control of victims' computers. Microsoft released a security update addressing a serious ...

'State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year. TL;DR: Notepad++ was compromised for six months, but it ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...