Want to stop Notepad from opening previously opened files? If you want to start over each time you launch Notepad anew, you can turn off the setting that makes Notepad restore previously opened files ...

You might want to open two files in two separate windows to compare them. Also, if you want to edit two files simultaneously, you need to open them separately. That is why you can change Notepad ...

While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...

Microsoft has updated Notepad, its legendary text editor, with something that’s been on the wishlist of most Windows-using coders — the ability to view and edit text files created on UNIX-based ...

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 ...

In March, Microsoft started testing an update to the venerable Notepad app that added spellcheck and autocorrect to the app's limited but slowly growing set of capabilities. The update that adds these ...

Something to look forward to: Microsoft's latest Insider Preview build of Windows 10 brings enhancements to Notepad that improve overall usability. Although Notepad still probably won't replace your ...

A nagging issue in a staple feature of Microsoft's Windows operating system has finally been fixed. Notepad, the plain text editor that has shipped with every version of Microsoft's desktop operating ...