Ars Technica

Microsoft is killing WordPad, Windows’ 28-year-old built-in word processor

I have basically never used WordPad. Not because I didn't know about it, or anything, but because I never felt like there was enough of a gap between Notepad and Word for it to be useful for me. And ...
TweakTown

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 ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft is Testing Ads in Wordpad You Might Actually Be Glad to See

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Ars Technica

Microsoft is killing WordPad, Windows’ 28-year-old built-in word processor

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 ...