@andrecool-68 for me it’s working: русский english עברית שפה קשה Notepad++ v8.9.8.1 (64-bit) Build time: Sep 24 2026 - 15:34:11 Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.6/5.5.3 Boost Regex included: 1_90 pugixml included: 1.16 nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0 Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe Command Line: Admin mode: ON Local Conf mode: OFF Cloud Config: OFF WinGUp: present disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent Periodic Backup: ON Placeholders: OFF Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1) Multi-instance Mode: monoInst asNotepad: OFF File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only) Dark Mode: OFF Display Info: primary monitor: 1920x1080, scaling 100% visible monitors count: 2 installed Display Class adapters: 0000: Description - Intel® Graphics 0000: DriverVersion - 32.0.101.8991 0001: Description - Microsoft Remote Display Adapter 0001: DriverVersion - 10.0.26100.8521 0003: Description - Microsoft Remote Display Adapter 0003: DriverVersion - 10.0.26100.8737 OS Name: Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit) OS Version: 26H2 OS Build: 26300.9711 Current ANSI codepage: 1255 Plugins: ComparePlus (3) mimeTools (3.1) NppConverter (4.7) NppExport (0.4)

It seems that malicious ads (promoting a fake Notepad++ website) have returned on the Google search page. Below is the email I received this morning: Hi Don I am a long-time user and admirer of Notepad++. I am based in Australia. Today, I went to download a copy of Notepad++ to a new machine. When I searched for “Notepad++” in Google, the first link which came up appears to be a FAKE website located in China: https://www[.]notepadplus[.]com[.]cn/en/ I thought I should let you know, in case this is some kind of hacking attempt. Any follow up questions, just let me know. Kind regards If anyone here has encountered these malicious ads, please use the following link to report them to Google: https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507?visit_id=639056285883908601-3926234762&rd=1

@donho I created an account just to upvote, but I didn’t have the reputation. There is no information on how to gain reputation (that I could find). I was probably not going to do whatever was required anyway. It would have been nice to allow new users to allow to upvote useful posts, without jumping hoops.