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> > Typing 'write' in the Run dialog still opens WordPad today > pbrush also opens Microsoft Paint. And in both cases, the reason was most probably backwards compatibility, so that programs which directly called WRITE.EXE or PBRUSH.EXE to open a file would keep working. Most of these are going to be 16-bit Windows programs (which AFAIK no longer work, unless you're still running a 32-bit build of Windows), or 32-bit…
Cool exe's don't change
>There’s no reason to be outraged by this decision Actually, I have a reason to be outraged by this decision. I like using WordPad, and it will take me time and effort to find an adequate replacement for a simple note-taking application.
the good news for you is this is essentially a promise that wordpad will never change.
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Not always is a misnomer. It rarely if ever is. Anyone remember PhantomJS? It took years before a replacement emerged and nobody was willing to take in the project, and this was a critical piece of tech at the time
> It rarely if ever is. You can always pay someone to maintain it. Not every thing has to be free.
> We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf Doesn’t Office require a paid license on top of the Windows license, unlike WordPad?
Yes, it does. Both Office 365 and Office 202X are paid products. There used to be Word and PowerPoint viewers available for free but I think Microsoft discontinued them.
Microsoft is slowly removing features, but is it adding any notable features? Here are some examples of features I would like to see: - Native Markdown viewer and editor, to replace Wordpad - Disk space manager - graphically show where my diskspace went; allow me to find and delete large files - Restartable and reliable file copy (similar to rsync on Linux) - Notepad with same features as textarea element in browser,…
> - Command-line zip Does https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsof... do the trick?
tar -c --format=zip -f foo.zip path/This is the sort of non-consensual change that is the hallmark of proprietary software and drives me towards using free and open-source software every chance I get. I love WordPad's simplicity, and I'll miss it.
WINE ships with a WordPad clone.
Off topic, but I'm loving the Mac equivalent, TextEdit. After trying every kind of fancy task management and note taking system from org-mode to Obsidian to Logseq, I now use a .rtfd (.rtf + images) on iCloud to act as a note-taking system / todo-list. I would have used pen and paper but I need to paste screenshots and URLs. There's an iOS app called RTF Write for 99c. Now I always have my notes, tasks, and shopping,…
why not use the notes app? you get in built folders and shari g options too
TextEdit, new .txt file, name it “{subject} notes.txt”, throw it in the “old notes” folder when it gets too unwieldy is the only notes workflow that I’ve found actually works for me.
I don’t see the point of word pad anymore. Its purpose was a lite free alternative to MS Word. With online word processors like Google Docs and even Word online, both of which have free versions that can work offline, it just makes Word Pad entirely pointless especially when there are open source word processors.
I feel that this would be a bigger deal if notepad was killed, but then there’s notepad plus.
I'm calling it now: Word with ads will ship inbox with future versions of Windows :) Maybe the whole Office suite; if you want a PowerPivot in Excel you'll have to watch a 2 minute unskippable ad for hair loss medication. Totally "private" though, scout's honor.
This is deeply unfortunate. WordPad is by far the best implementation of RTF anywhere.
But who uses RTF? I can't recall ever receiving an RTF file. Scanning my drives, I've only found a single Readme RTF file in some old Windows utilities.