While the Windows platform has been repeatedly overhauled and updated over the years, some of the most popular first-party apps on the operating system have failed to receive the same treatment. One ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you're of that opinion, you won't like what Microsoft has planned next.

There was a recent spotting of a new feature for the Windows Notepad from Microsoft, centering on adding tabs for multiple files to work on or open via the application. It is one of the most famous ...

Users have spotted a new Cowriter feature in the latest build of Notepad. This Cowriter function could let you rewrite text, make text longer or shorter, and change the tone and format. Notepad’s ...

Users could be tricked into running arbitrary code, but the issue was patched last week.

Microsoft is continuing to update and refine Windows 11 two months after its public release, and the Notepad app is the latest bit of the operating system to get some attention. The updated version of ...

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What just happened? The Windows Notepad app has been around for a very long time, but it saw few updates between the launch of Windows 95 and its redesign in Windows 11. According to what appears to ...

Microsoft announced today that the Windows 11 Notepad application is getting a text formatting feature supporting Markdown-style input. The feature is being introduced one year after Microsoft removed ...