The workaround here is pretty simple, thanks to Microsoft. They have now made apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint Optional features on Windows. This means they can be uninstalled and reinstalled ...

If we need an advanced text editor, we use Microsoft Word. But somewhere in the middle, with more features than the humble Notepad but fewer features than the mighty Word software, stands Wordpad ...

If you don’t know, WordPad has been around since Windows 95, and in terms of features and functionality, it offers more than Notepad, but less than Microsoft Word. This naturally makes it a bit ...

Microsoft has officially discontinued WordPad, the primary word processor bundled with each Windows version since 1995. The ...

Windows 11 no longer has WordPad, with Microsoft finally giving the venerable app the chop with the 24H2 update. This comes as no surprise, because Microsoft had already deprecated WordPad - that ...

Pour one out for the poor WordPad. Microsoft killed its free rich text editor in late 2023 in an effort to switch users to its premium Office apps or their free web-based versions. While WordPad ...

Microsoft deprecated WordPad, the old text editor first introduced in Windows 95, in September 2023. Later, release notes for one of the Windows 11 preview builds confirmed that the company plans ...

Another benefit of WordPad is its basic note-taking capacity. Microsoft's OneNote app could plug that gap, as it is specifically designed for note taking. The OneNote desktop app is installed as ...

In September 2023, Microsoft announced the surprising end of their free text editing program. For many, WordPad was a simple but useful alternative to Microsoft Word — but it’s no longer part ...