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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's Notepad app has a security flaw rated as a 'high' severity vulnerability, one that allows for remote code execution. The good news is that it's already been patched by Microsoft, ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Notepad, bringing a feature previously exclusive to WordPad to the basic text editor. The update includes a dedicated image button in the ...

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...

Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels can now try new features for Paint, Notepad, and Snipping Tool. Windows 11 insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels have plenty of ...

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.

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 ...

Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you're of that opinion, you won't like what Microsoft has planned next.

Let's hope the time it takes to launch notepad does not increase from the current 10-20 millisecond range. That's literally the only reason I use it. If I wanted something more functional I would use ...