I’ve just updated to the latest release of Notepad++ (Notepad Plus Plus) and hit a snag while doing so. If you meet the problem “Error opening file for writing” when installing the update, check Windows Task Manager processes for any Notepad++ processes that might still be running. Kill them, and that should resolve the issue.

I’ve been a big fan of Notepad++ (Notepad Plus Plus) for some time now, and sometimes it’s useful to open multiple instances of the editor. In the past I’ve done this by simply right-clicking on the file tab in Notepad++ and selecting one of the ‘new instance” options at the bottom of the list. However, [...]

Want a simple tip that might speed up Windows on your PC? Read on… I’m doing some pretty hefty data processing in Access just at the moment and wondered if I could speed things up by adjusting the priority of the Access process from Windows Task Manager. However when I looked at Task Manager I [...]