What is the best notepad++ version for W7?

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I am about to get an old Win 7 computer. I am planning on using it as a gaming computer (old games of course ; ) ) and totally offline. However I wanted to get notepad++ installed before it goes offline permenantly. That or just downloading it and transfer the installer to Win 7 with a stick.

Anyway, I want to know what is the best notepad++ version for me to install? It was awhile for me since I last use notepad++, so I don’t know if it has unsavory additions to it the way ccleaner had been. I don’t want it to harm the computer in any way.

Would the portable be best? If so, how different it is from installed version? Is the website of notepad++ dot org still the best place to get it?

Thank you forany help you could give 🙂
Picky

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see https://www.perplexity.ai/search/notepad-fWJl.DmoR3iT0GAT.fi0GA

Portable apps function the same as installed apps (I use mostly portable apps. Doesn’t contaminate the OS).

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Thank you for your reply 🙂 That was helpful.

As for portable version, I could just use it to open some of files of my games same as installed verison right?

Only other question I have left, is there any untoward addition to any version of notepad++ like with ccleaner or is it all clean?

Have a great day! 😀

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I use the portable version (currently 8.7.7).
Software is clean.

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I’ve used the portable and mini-portable versions in place of MS notepad for years without issue for Win7, Win8.1, 10 and now W11.
Official Website:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.7.8/

I prefer the mini-portable version for Win7 😉

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Count me as another long-time user of the Notepad++ portable version. I use portable versions for everything when they’re available — including browsers. (The only browsers “installed” are what came with Windows, but I never use them. I only use portable browsers.) A side benefit is this also makes imaging/restoring the OS so much simpler and less frequent, since many of the apps I use are kept separate from the OS.

Alex5723 wrote:

I use mostly portable apps. Doesn’t contaminate the OS.

I like that characterization. That’s precisely why I’ve long preferred using portable apps whenever possible, but I never summarized it as well.

 

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One question I do have about this portable browsers, where does it stoes the bookmarks and caches? In the file with portable browsers?

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Thank you very much for your replies 😀 I will give the portable Notepad++ a try.

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