Microsoft has discontinued WordPad with no official explanation, though signs point to security concerns. Fortunately, there ...

In 2024, Microsoft officially removed WordPad from Windows 11, in a blow to longtime users of the app. WordPad was a useful tool for many, offering a middle-ground between the simplicity of Notepad ...

The recent Canary build of Windows 11 does not include WordPad. It appears the app that was introduced in Windows 95 is now being retired. Microsoft is expected to also remove a few other aging apps.

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 ...

Just the other day, Windows released Insider Preview Build 26020 to kick off the new year with a handful of new features and capabilities. However, this update also took away some features with the ...

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Those of you who still use WordPad in Windows will at some point have to find another program to open and read your favorite documents. In the latest edition of its list of deprecated Windows features ...

Microsoft deprecated a lot of Windows features in 2023. One of them was WordPad, the default rich text editor introduced years ago. Most of the time, Microsoft allows users to continue using ...

On Windows 11, you can now create tables with the expansion of the Markdown support in Notepad, and here's how to get started.

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...

WordPad has been a vector for malware in the past, so if they include it they have to keep up with security fixes. The title mentions Word, but it affected WordPad too. I remember back when you could ...

Thankfully, there are now ample free options, though, this being Microsoft, I can't help but see this as yet another move to try to force someone to use Office. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if ...