dantheclamman to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square462arrow-up11.12Karrow-down125cross-posted to: sysadmin[email protected][email protected][email protected]microsoft[email protected]
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comdantheclamman to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square462cross-posted to: sysadmin[email protected][email protected][email protected]microsoft[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoYes, I would say notepad would be the bigger loss. But wordpad is still the default for people before they learn about things like notepad++
minus-squaresloonarklinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoNotepad is the default text editor on Windows. I’d be surprised if most people even knew WordPad existed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoInterestingly enough I have seen a lot of new PCs that have Wordpad as default (mostly dells and some HPs).
minus-square@macrocephaliclinkEnglish5•1 year agoI have seen that too and the first thing you do is change it to notepad as wordpad isn’t good for text files
You’re thinking of Notepad I think
Yes, I would say notepad would be the bigger loss. But wordpad is still the default for people before they learn about things like notepad++
Notepad is the default text editor on Windows. I’d be surprised if most people even knew WordPad existed.
Interestingly enough I have seen a lot of new PCs that have Wordpad as default (mostly dells and some HPs).
I have seen that too and the first thing you do is change it to notepad as wordpad isn’t good for text files