The basic text editor Notepad comes installed as a native Windows accessory. Although Windows lets you launch the Notepad application through the Start menu or by opening text documents, it does ...

Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to know and love, using it for all manner of tweaking, quick editing, and other tasks.

Notepad++ is also open source software, so if you have the technical know-how, you can examine the source code and make whatever changes you want to it, provided you don’t charge for it.