The builds (unsigned) works for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 and above. The AVX2 build works for Windows 7 SP1 (or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) and above (64-bit only), requires CPU support for AVX2 and POPCNT, e.g. CPU sold since 2013, such as Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9 or AMD Excavator, Zen, and more.

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available on https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad2/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad2

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad2.ini or metapath.ini or any theme files with the bundled one, but please mind breaking changes since in v4.19.01r1786.

Changes Since v4.20.05r3026

• Scintilla is upgraded to 4.4.3, improved per-monitor DPI awareness, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for details.
• New localization: 日本語 (by @maboroshin).
• Improve printing: default text font is now used to print header and footer, fix file name on header is not shown even enabled. c7872b87acf9319c4bbe8971d691e7dc8e4f3bf7
• Add option to enable scrolling past last line, issue #199. abdb2f45f9f0866058dcda213df5aa22e3f52697
• Bring back open 7-bit ASCII files in UTF-8 mode, issue #196. 8ec8e1ef9e70db0d9c0e7c08f65ba289788de151 and 39da7d70c7af05520e7cd20562dd874ced4dbb7d
• Add workaround to fix title bar flashing when using inline mode IME, issue #203. 3c42bb3bcd09b905a6c84fc2895747d683843ae4
• Enable RTL reading on message boxes when RTL layout is enabled. ad5e6027aa9dee08ab45aae7a57547d6963690ba
• Fix brace matching for last character not work, issue #207. b2f84d2642ca458cdd7b93b3827d3e5a926370e6
• Other bug fix and improvements.

Behaviors Changes

• System caret width will be used when it's wider than caret width set in Notepad2 (View -> Caret Style), i.e. if you need caret wider than three pixels, you can set it in Easy of Access settings. Note: currently text cursor indicator is not supported. 943b24a93d4545494bc0b73d66c8a4f044fb7c46
• Program INI files are now search in following folders (in order) b5fd11eef3be381b117b8b848586991dbb2b4d40: A. The folder contains Notepad2.exe or metapath.exe. B. %LOCALAPPDATA% folder, e.g. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Notepad2\ or C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Notepad2\. C. %APPDATA% folder, e.g. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad2\ or C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Notepad2\. D. Profile or home folder, e.g. C:\Users\<username>\Notepad2\.

File List