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

February 5, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to ...

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

Why can't it just be a basic text editor?!

Windows 11 has quietly added a new feature to your PC: AI-powered editing to the Windows 11 Notepad app, called Rewrite. In November, Microsoft began testing the addition of AI rewrite capabilities in ...

If you use Notepad frequently, you may have noticed that the Status Bar option under View is always greyed out or disabled. In this post, we will see why and how you can enable Status Bar in Notepad – ...

At times, you might not want to use the in-built Notepad app on your Windows computer. If so, you can use the TED Notepad, which is one of the best free Notepad alternatives you can use. Here we have ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...