Notepad ignoring linebreaks
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Mar 15, 2026119578 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Most documents I'm opening in notepad.exe under windows 7 lately, there are no linebreaks... everything just runs together. The same documents in any other program, even previewed directly in Explorer, will show the linebreaks correctly. this is happening with many .info files, .css, .js.. but not …
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Fix for: Notepad ignoring linebreaks
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There are line-breaks, however different operating systems recognise different sequences for line-breaks. Notepad only recognises CR, LF (0x0d, 0x0a), whereas other sources might use CR only, or LF only. You can't make Notepad behave differently, so…
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