In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has released a new version of Notepad that includes changes that bring it closer to what we have come to expect from modern text file editors.

You can change the default Character Encoding in Notepad from UTF-8 to ANSI, UTF-16 LE, UTF-16 BE, UTF-8 BOM. using Registry Editor.

Open File_A.m and see no problem with cyrillic symbols as well as with encoding determined as Windows-1251. Open File_B.M and see wrong characters in many places and encoding determined as Macintosh.

Description of the Issue When using special characters, Notepad++ changes the file encoding during save and when reopening the file, the content is no longer readable. Steps to Reproduce the Issue ...

Want to repair corrupted HTML files? It's not that straightforward but you can fix things with Notepad and replace uncoded characters.

See how to enable Status Bar in Notepad. 6) You can remove or change Notepad headers and footers. If you open Notepad > File > Page Setup, you will see that the default header and footer settings are: ...