As time goes on, Microsoft keeps adding more and more features to Windows, and it can be a good thing just as much as it can be a bad thing. Some features you can't imagine living without, and others ...

There's a difference between the "Notepad app" and notepad.exe. The Notepad app has the AI and all the new stuff in it. But the old C : \windows\system32\notepad.exe still exists, and is unencumbered ...

Image showing Notepad with highlighted text and a dialogue with the results of using the summarize feature to summarize the text. Microsoft Notepad, one of the iconic features of Windows, might seem ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...

There are plenty of apps every Windows user should have installed, but they already have the most convenient app installed. Notepad is the quickest way to jot down your thoughts, write temporary ...

Notepad recently got a makeover. Now, it comes with additional features like text formatting options, spell check and autocorrect, Copilot AI assistant, and Microsoft Account sign-in. While these ...

Microsoft fixes a critical Notepad vulnerability in Windows 11 that could allow remote code execution via malicious Markdown files. Here are the details ...