Did you know that Windows Notepad has been a staple in the Windows operating system since 1985? Despite its age, this seemingly simple text editor has evolved with a wealth of hidden features and ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they ...

Editing your PC's environment variables can save you time in Command Prompt and make your scripts more concise. It also lets you customize where Windows stores certain files. This is what you need to ...

If you notice that your Excel files are opening in Notepad, then read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The default behavior of a document or file is to open in the application with which it ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Whatever else you can say about Windows 11—and whatever you think about its pushy tendencies and the Copilot feature that has been rolled out to pretty much everyone despite being labeled a ...

Windows Notepad now supports autocorrect and spellcheck. The features entered testing among Windows Insiders in March 2024 and have since started rolling out to general users. Notepad remains largely ...