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BowPad v2.9.6

A small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.




A few notable features of BowPad:
• syntax highlighting for over 100 file types and languages
handling of many different encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16 and even UTF-32
• easy ribbon user interface
• navigation hints in the vertical scrollbar
• coloring of open tabs according to their path
• can open files bigger than 2GB
• extendable with plugins written in JScript or VBScript
Windows 7 or higher required
BowPad requires Windows 7 or later. It won't work on Windows XP!
Or if you're using Vista, you have to install the Platform Update for Windows Vista.

Replace Notepad
If you want to replace the Windows NotePad with BowPad, you can do that by modifying the registry:
• Start regedit.exe
• go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options and create a new key named notepad.exe
• under the notepad.exe key, create a new string value named Debugger and set the value to "c:\program files\BowPad\BowPad.exe" /z

Changes:
v2.9.6
-when installed for all users, Bowpad automatically registers the Windows 11 Explorer context menu for every user that logs on
-calculator didn't work if term was not on the last line







This download is for the Windows 64bit version (very bottom of page).
If you need the Windows 32bit version, download here.
If you need the Windows ARM version, download here.



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Downloads Views Developer Last Update Version Size Type Rank
5,650 11,145 Sep 25, 2025 - 11:28 2.9.6 2.34MB ZIP 5/5, out of 80 Votes.
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