NOT ON THE LIST IN 2018

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages.

Website: notepad-plus-plus.org
Cost: Free.
Availability: Download

Past Overall Rankings
2017: –   2016: –   2015: –   2014: –   2013: –   2012: –   2011: –   2010: –   2009: –   2008: –   2007: 72

Comments from some of those who selected Notepad++ as one of their Top 10 Tools 

“Best simple text editor on Windows, hands down. Plus its free!” Tim Kindberg

” I use the portable version that I keep on a jump drive that I can use for simple text editing. Like Notetab it has tabs capability to have more than one file open at a time” Dennis Coxe