Download Notepad++ 8.5.3

Version 8.5.3 of Notepad++ has been released. This extensive text editor has various options that are especially useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for C, C++, Java, HTML, XML and PHP, among others. The program also offers the option to edit more than one document at the same time or maintain one document in two different places. If you want to use the latest version, you must download it yourself. Notepad++’s built-in updater only offers updates a week after their release, in order to resolve any serious bugs. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v8.5.3 bug fixes and new features:

• Fix session file data loss issue. (Fix #13514)
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” needs restarting os to appear issue under Win 8⁄10. (Fix #13)
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” not installed for multiple users issue. (Fix #13476)
• Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” double entries in some applications (Winzip). (Fix #13499)
• Make Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” translatable. (Fix #17)
• Add the UTF8 character ability for Run & Macro menu. (Fix #12670, #13221, #13488)
• Add hide/show ability of Control Characters (C0 & C1) and Unicode EOL. (Fix #8111)
• Fix Change history margin in black color issue. (Fix #12764, #13593)
• Improve “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” command performance. (Fix #5538, #12548)
• Project Workspace “Save a Copy As” confusion issue. (Fix #13135)
• Make “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” support more line break. (Fix #13474)
• Fix UDL deletion issue. (Fix #8101)
• Fix RTL not working on FindInFiles progress window. (Fix #13458)
• Fix search results output alignment for large file searches. (Fix #13481)
• Several GUI Enhancements. (Fix #13615, #13601, #12812, #13579, #13577, #13575, #13597, #13524, #13540, #13544, #13315)