Wait, is WordPad back on my Windows 11 PC? No, it's Notepad, which Microsoft just saddled with more unnecessary AI features

Microsoft is again beefing up Notepad in Windows 11, giving the increasingly not-so-lightweight editor a fresh power in terms ...
Bleeping Computer

Hands on with Windows 11 Notepad's new markdown support

Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad. The new formatting feature is turned on by default, and you just ...
Bleeping Computer

Notepad gets free AI features on Copilot+ PCs with Windows 11

Microsoft is adding free AI-powered text writing capabilities to Notepad for customers with Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11. Currently, this change is being rolled out to Windows 11 Insiders in the ...

Windows Notepad will soon support tables because why leave well enough alone

Notepad recently gained new formatting capabilities, including support for tables. Redmond developers described table support as an expansion of the editor's "lightweight" formatting features. Users ...
Ars Technica

How to replace notepad.exe in Windows XP Professional?

I just upgraded to Windows XP Professional from Windows 98 (I didn't a complete wipe of the hdd and reinstalled everything). In Win 98 I replaced my notepad with metapad (just by changing ...
GIZBOT

Notepad Finally Gets Dark Mode, Thanks To Windows 11

With the Windows 11 update, Microsoft went big by making it look entirely different from the previous iterations of its operating system. It looks like the company is not done yet, as with the latest ...