They have now made apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint Optional features on Windows. This means they can be uninstalled and reinstalled as and when you wish. Not only this, but Notepad now has ...

I was privileged to byline the cover story of the last print issue of PC Magazine, the Windows 7 review, and I’ve witnessed every Microsoft win and misstep up to the latest Windows 11.

Microsoft rewrote some of the core Windows platform’s kernel code in the Rust programming language, which should make the OS faster and less prone to memory bugs. This isn't a minor change ...

WordPad is a word processor software with basic formatting options, and it is included in all versions of the OS since Windows 95 onwards. It has always been there, but never really used much.

Modern cloud-based document management services have made the application obsolete. Source: Freepik Microsoft continues to update its Windows 11 operating system on a large scale, and soon one program ...

Microsoft has given itself a seemingly impossible race against time. With almost exactly a year to run before Windows 10’s unpopular end-of-life hits users in October 2025, Windows 11 is still ...

Microsoft has been talking about dropping Wordpad from Windows 11 as it feels that not enough people use it anymore. There are so many MS Word alternatives and similar editors that Wordpad feels a bit ...

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 ...

UPDATE 10/3/24: It's time to say goodbye. With this week's Windows 11 2024 update, WordPad has officially made its way to ...

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

An era of free word editors is over. Microsoft finally removed WordPad from Windows 11 in its latest update and described the program as „obsolete.”. For years, WordPad accompanied people who could ...