I used it on text files with non-windows EOL chars, where notepad would get confused. One of the great things of the windows builtins is trustworthyness: they'

I used it on text files with non-windows EOL chars, where notepad would get confused. One of the great things of the windows builtins is trustworthyness: they're always there. Even if notedpad++ is miles better, it can't always be installed, e.g. on a server.