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Tools: How add file navigator (explorer) to notepad++?

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Notepad++ was loaded with bunch of cool plugins and utilities initially and later they stripped down some unnecessary plugins including the file explorer, command prompt etc.
To get the frills, we’ve to install it separately using plugin-manager. Navigate to 

Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager

Navigate to 

Available

tab. You can see a bunch of useful plugins where you can choose from. For this specific need, you can choose 

Explorer

plugin. The click on Install.

The explorer button will be available in the main toolbar once after you finish the installation.

 

Notepad++ and the goodness of multiple find results

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Almost all the text editors help us to find in files in a given directory or finding occurrences in the current file itself. We find it’s difficult to keep the search results as most of the editors providing “Find Window 1″ and “Find Window 2″. Notepad++ is really handy if it’s required to keep multiple search results. The results will be displayed as shown below, just like a tree. You can expand and navigate through files by double clicking on the results. It’s extremely useful when you’re finding in large amount of files. Try it!