Microsoft has added bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks, and even Markdown to the Windows Notepad app, making it look more and ...

In September 2023, Microsoft announced the surprising end of their free text editing program. For many, WordPad was a simple but useful alternative to Microsoft Word — but it’s no longer part ...

A new version of Notepad for Windows 11 was released with support for Markdown, the popular markup language for all kinds of ...

Notepad spellcheck finally added after 41 years, satisfying long-time user demand for essential feature. Limited by lack of major text editing options, Notepad remains useful for unmodified text ...

Hackers have begun abusing a flaw in the WordPad text editor that comes preloaded with the Windows 10 operating system to distribute the Qbot malware, researchers have claimed. A cybersecurity ...

WordPad was introduced with Windows 95 in 1995 as a more capable alternative to the barebones Notepad app. Included in every version of Windows since then, the program has gained certain ...

However, WordPad does not offer all kinds of text formatting features as available in MS word. Also, it is not suitable for HTML files, scripts, and other program writing.

After nearly 30 years of existence, Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Wordpad. Maybe you used this program to write your first book, do early school reports, ...

WordPad is assigned as the default program for some file types, such as RTF. If you don't want to use WordPad, this default association can be inconvenient.

By installing QBot through a trusted program like the Windows 10 WordPad (write.exe), the threat actors hope security software will not flag the malware as malicious.