List of freeware to encrypt Notepad text files in Windows. Encrypt Notepad file and secure and protect it using Safe Pad, Secret Pad & Encrypted Notepad.

Text documents created in Unix, Linux, or macOS use different line ending characters. When you try and open them in Notepad you see a garbled mess of text like that shown above.

If your Excel files are opening in Notepad on Windows PC, here's how you can reset the settings to make .xls, .xlsx, etc files open in Excel.

Using a plug-in for the popular Windows text editor, Notepad++, you can easily encrypt selected text and entire text files.

Thankfully, you can still re-enable the old version of Notepad by opening the Settings App (press Windows+i) and navigating to Apps > Advanced App Settings > App Execution Aliases ...