Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

For many people, having a USB drive on hand is the most convenient way to store important files. It's as easy as plugging your drive into your computer and dragging the files over, which is why flash ...

When you start learning something new, even the simplest tasks feel confusing, and that can be frustrating for anyone. Say renaming a file is one of the most basic tasks for file management, but ...

Here’s a quick, real-world example of how to remove a file from the Git index. In this example we perform the following tasks: However, you should avoid his option, because this may not only remove ...

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, GA, who is asking this, I just read your article on saving documents ...

Performing repetitive tasks or running a series of commands might be essential to your computing routine, but it can take a lot of time. That’s where creating a Batch (.bat) file on Windows 11 comes ...

If you have a paid subscription of Microsoft Office on your system, then you can use the same for counting words in Notepad. The reason is that Microsoft Word has an in-built word counter. All you ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...

There are plenty of things that you can do to boost your Windows computer's performance. You can enable fast startup, reduce the number of background-running ...

Recap: Since Windows 11 launched in 2021, Notepad has received some of the most significant updates in its 42-year history. While the plaintext editor has traditionally served as a lightweight ...