Using Arduino IDE with Notepad++, my approach

Is this a joke? All I want to do is load a txt file into the IDE and upload. Yet to use NotePad++ I have to go thru this monumental maze of less than detailed instructions??? Nothing worked from step 9 onward.
Cookifier never got plugged in. And I'll be damned if I'll ever understand why not. This has been a disgustingly unnecessary experience. Why cant IDE developers create a simple hook to readily link txt editors? This cutesy IDE editor has annoyed many for far too long. And now I guess Im going to having to put up with the damned thing once again.