bcPad

Windows includes some basic tools to suit almost any kind of operation on a computer. However, you might not really be too fond of them and look for alternatives. In case it’s a text editor you’re looking for, you might find bcPad useful for simple text writing activities, and also comes in a lightweight package.

One particular advantage is the lack of a setup process involved in the operation, saving you some time and effort. This makes it your personal text editor which you can carry around on a thumb drive to use on other computers besides your own. What’s more, the PC you use it on doesn’t have to suffer because no changes are made to system registry entries.

On the visual side of things, the application keeps accommodation efforts to minimum, because it stores all it has to offer in a simplistic layout. Most space represents the edit area, which is devoid of any info tools such as character and word counters, or at least specifications on the location of the caret.

The application works with plain text files only, and you can only load them through the browse dialog. Saving is done at the press of a button, but you need to write down the extension besides the name and path. You can only work on a single file at a time, but there is the possibility to have more instances active at a time.

Sadly, the application comes with a rather poor set of features overall, and there are absolutely no text edit operations. Selection, cutting, and pasting need to be done through hotkeys, without the possibility to enhance text, change font style, color, or any attributes.

All things considered, we can state that bcPad is a rather poor choice when it comes to text editing applications. Sure enough it can be used on the go, but without proper file support, or any options to change font settings and style, practicality has a lot to suffer.