Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015) • Hacker News Board

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by jermaustin1 » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

basch wrote: post #21

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

>it appears when you start typing. This is a shockingly common problem for people. I can tell they feel uncomfortable just typing without a place "where" the typing will go. Many people will click the magnifying glass and then again place the cursor into the search field. Same with google, they will click the search field, then the cursor moves to the address bar, they feel surprise, and then place the cursor in the…

I know a computer programmer, well former web developer, who still tries to dabble in programming who "clicks the magnifying glass" to search the start menu. Same with the chrome search bar on a new tab.

He also refuses to learn shortcut keys because he never learned to touch type, and refuses to type even 1 character more than he has to, so he has a lot of common things he would type stored on a virtual clipboard that he recalls with ctrl+`, and will paste from that to avoid typing.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by criddell » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

> Go to Start menu

You should probably say to go to click on the windows icon. Somebody new to Windows would have no idea that used to be labelled "Start".

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by overgard » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:15 PM UTC

basch wrote: post #21

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

>it appears when you start typing. This is a shockingly common problem for people. I can tell they feel uncomfortable just typing without a place "where" the typing will go. Many people will click the magnifying glass and then again place the cursor into the search field. Same with google, they will click the search field, then the cursor moves to the address bar, they feel surprise, and then place the cursor in the…

It's also really annoying on a tablet. I can't get an onscreen keyboard without some sort of target.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by thrower123 » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

I would not at all be surprised if the Cortana-powered (or whatever it is) start menu search failed to find Notepad if you started typing. I don't know how they can screw something like that up so badly, but it's almost unusuable without installing Classic Shell to override the normal behavior.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by er3s » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

Filligree wrote: post #35

komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

> A while ago there was an article where a woman was trying to user testing in a mall and instead found an old guy who had literally never touched a computer. Reading that experience was fascinating. I missed that article. It sounds fascinating -- I don't suppose you have a link?

This was absolutely fascinating... and underscores the fact that the world has little patience for the technically uninitiated.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2740038

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by RenRav » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

prepend wrote: post #7

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

I prefer txt files for config and notes. I don’t care about formatting so word or word pad are too much. I also use notepad as my goto “paste without formatting” as it’s typically faster to wash the clipboard through notepad than use whatever “paste special” ui an app has.

Notepad2 is good notepad replacement. A few options checked and it even looks the same. It feels somewhere between notepad and notepad++.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by geogra4 » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

mamon wrote: post #34

willis936 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

N++ is really great but what if I want to open text files larger than 4 GB? ;)

On a single machine? You need a Hadoop cluster for that :-P

I've been really happy using glogg[0] for that scenario.

[0]: https://glogg.bonnefon.org/

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by jermaustin1 » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

wheelie_boy wrote: post #39

darkstar999 wrote: post #26

This is a non-story. Start menu -> Windows Accessories -> Notepad Am I missing something?

Yes, the story is not that notepad is in some weird place in windows 10 - it is still where most HN readers know to find it. The story is about how regular people deal with computers, as can be read in the comments. It's like that story about how one day the google search 'facebook login' took people to a forum page that let people comment using their facebook credentials, and we got to find out how many users just t…

I forgot all about that.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:19 PM UTC

pradn wrote: post #38

komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

The windows button looks more like a flag than a window, nothing to do with starting anything!

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Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by basch » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

Raphmedia wrote: post #17

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

I doubt that Microsoft has a partnership with Adobe. They are different companies. And the point is moot since you can install Gimp instead.

If anyone is looking for a photoshop replacement, Photopea is shockingly good, maybe one of the best webapps I have ever used.

https://www.photopea.com/