Need help updating shipnames.txt for Starfleet Command 1

[Navigator_NCC2120]

Hello All,

I need help updating the shipnames.txt text file in SFC1 (Starfleet Command Volume 1). I updated this file using my 15 year old Borland C++ IDE Text Editor. However, now all the ship names end with a hollow square. What text editor should I use to update shipnames.txt and strings.txt (Notepad++ does not work) ? These files have the NULL Character after every other character.

Thanks,

Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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Here are some links to pictures of ship names with the hollow square at the end taken from within SFC1:

NCC-C1200 SS Aurora

NCC-3801 USS Ptolemy (Transport/Tug)

NCC-520 USS Siva (Destroyer)

DY-502 SS Woden 2 (Freighter)

DY-102 SS Botany Bay 2 (Freighter)

DY-501 SS Woden 1 (Freighter)

NCC-G145 SS Sherman (Freighter)

NCC-F1313 USS Huron (Freighter)

NCC-3822 USS Newton (Transport/Tug)

NCC-500 USS Saladin (Destroyer)

Space Station K-7

NCC-1371 USS Republic (Heavy Cruiser)

NCC-2100 USS Federation (Dreadnought)

NCC-1701 USS Enterprise (Heavy Cruiser)