Run your Notepad++ as administrator, and navigate to the Plugins tab at the top menu bar and select Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager or select Plugins Admin depending on different versions. Install Hex Editor Windows 10 via Plugin Manager Once copied, restart your Notepad++ and Plugin Manager. Here you should copy the gpup.exe file inside the updater folder and paste it to the updater folder inside the Notepad folder. Then do the same process of the updater folder. Locate the Plugin Manager folder, and then copy the file ( PluginManager.dll) inside the plugins folder and paste it to the plugins folder inside the Notepad folder. It should be the default location of the installer if you haven’t changed it. Locate the directory of Notepad++: C:\Program Files(x86)\Notepad++ or C:\Program Files\Notepad++. Both have 1 file in each and you need to copy files from here to the Notepad++ folders of plugins and updater respectively. Double click the zip folder and you will find 2 folders in it: plugins and updater. Click here to open the GitHub link, and then navigate to the Assets section and select the 32-bit or 64-bit zip to download it. Of course, if you have Plugin Manager installed on your Notepad++, you can skip this part. Since the program was removed from the official website after the Notepad++ 7.5 version, you need to install it from GitHub and add it manually. Plugin Manager can help you install, update, and remove any available plugins in Notepad++.
If it’s not a 32-bit version, you can click here to download and install the 32-bit x86 version of Notepad++. Select About Notepad++, and you will see a pop-up window displaying the version of Notepad is 32-bit or 64-bit. Open your Notepad++ text editor, and click on the “ ?” icon next to Window. Since lots of people confirmed that the Notepad++ 64 bit version can’t work with Hex Editor, it’s recommended you check your Notepad++ version first. There are 3 main parts on how to install Hex Editor Notepad.
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