Microsoft is just turning Notepad into WordPad at this point, and I'm not sure I like it Screenshot of Notepad with text containing commands to install Hyper-V on Windows 11 ...

Regardless, this is a great option to replace WordPad if you are a habitual user. Finally, if you are a bit of a masochist, you could always install Vim on Windows.

Wordpad was first introduced as part of Windows 95 nearly 30 years ago. Since then, Microsoft has added the more familiar Notepad, which has finally been getting a few new upgrades of its own.

Microsoft is pulling WordPad in the name of progress. Users can turn to alternatives like Word, Notepad, Google Docs, LibreOffice, or WPS Office.

Removing Notepad (627KB), Paint (6.58MB) and WordPad (6.24MB) from your Windows PC won't be freeing up lots of space - especially if you have banished them to put an alternative in place.

Notepad was released in 1983, a full 12 years before WordPad. The initial version of the tool launched not for Windows but rather MS-DOS, Microsoft’s first operating system.

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 ...

We explain the difference between Notepad (simple text editor), WordPad (basic word processor), and Microsoft Word (advanced word processor) in Windows 11/10.