

You can browse and select a different location if you want. It defaults to the program file as shown below. Choose the language as per your preference. Notepad++ is available in different languages. These should work on Windows 7 and Windows 10 as well. Note: Installation steps are tested on Windows 8.1. Double-click on the downloaded installer to start the installation. Older Notepad++ versions are available here. You can also download zip, 7zip or minimalistic package, GPG Public key, SHA-256 digests of binary packages to verify Integrity & Authenticity. See Enhancements & bug fixes in this article.ĭownload Notepad++ from the official download page. Version v7.7 is the latest at the time of writing/updating this article. If you are not sure about the configuration of the OS, it is safe to use the 32-bit installer.

Depending on your operating system download the correct version. Notepad++ is available for Windows 32 bit and 64-bit architecture. Refer to features article on the official page and Wikipedia for the complete list. Other feature includes – Zoom in and zoom out, Multi-Language environment supported, Macro recording and playback, Multi-View, WYSIWYG (Printing).Auto-completion – Word completion, Function completion and Function parameters hint.It supports PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace. Effective Search/Replace – Search and replace feature is also nice and works even for all opened files in different tabs.You can even define your own syntax highlighting. Supporting languages include C, C++, SQL, Python, Perl, Shell and there are many.

When you enable this, it highlights reserved words, comments in a different color.
