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I replaced Microsoft's bloated Notepad with this free app

The only problem? There is already a fantastic fully-featured plain-text editor that has been available for years that is ...
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Microsoft is retiring WordPad, the free word processor that first debuted in Windows 95

Microsoft has announced that its long-running WordPad app will no longer be updated, and it will be removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad, which first debuted almost three decades ago as a ...
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Microsoft is killing the classic Windows WordPad app after almost 3 decades

Microsoft has announced that it is deprecating the classic WordPad app that has shipped as part of Windows since Windows 95. The app hasn't been updated since Windows 8, but still ships in the latest ...
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Windows 11 24H2 sees Microsoft finally axe WordPad - but there's a way you can keep the app

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 ...
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Microsoft is just turning Notepad into WordPad at this point, and I'm not sure I like it

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 ...