Microsoft is killing WordPad

[Jan]

Goodbye WordPad

Microsoft is retiring its basic word processor WordPad after 28 years, Thurrott reports.

The publication spotted the announcement in the notes of the Deprecated features for Windows clients page on Microsoft Learn posted on 1 September 2023.

 

[supersunbird]

Notepad4life

 

[r00igev@@r]

How on earth is the Minister of Lektrishitty going to write up his project plans and the loadshedding schedule?

 

[UrBaN963]

Just include Notepad++ by default.

 

[saor]

Just include Notepad++ by default.

They can't even include a half-decent image editor by default after all these years.

 

[saor]

I also like Notepads as a direct replacement. Has transparency options, nice clean interface.
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/notepads-app/9NHL4NSC67WM

 

[Insint]

 

[homeboy]

what a legend! you will be greatly missed.

 

[RunningFromFat]

RIP, use it here and there for work, nothing word or notepad can't fix!

 

[KleinBoontjie]

What, no-one is using Vim any more?

 

[Skerminkel]

"For the most basic text editing, Microsoft is still regularly updating Notepad."
What updates is it receiving?

 

[PsyWulf]

"For the most basic text editing, Microsoft is still regularly updating Notepad."
What updates is it receiving?

Tabs

 

[backstreetboy]

Just move on over to the Mac and use Textedit.

 

[OhYeah84]

How on earth is the Minister of Lektrishitty going to write up his project plans and the loadshedding schedule?

Probably uses OpenOffice...now THERE'S a load of crap.

 

[FiestaST]

 

[r00igev@@r]

Probably uses OpenOffice...now THERE'S a load of crap.

Doesn't have the skill to install that...

 

[garyc]

Will Microsoft be bundling Emacs instead?

 

[Swa]

Yeah good luck editing a 100MB document over the web. Even Notepad struggles and Wordpad seems to be slightly faster there. Windows is becoming less functional by the day. They seem hellbent on driving people to other products.

 

[charlieharper]

What, no-one is using Vim any more?

I still use it