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Title: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: alan w jones on Thursday 02 January 25 12:17 GMT (UK)
Hello I have gone over to Windows 10 now from 7 and I don't see a " Notepad or Wordpad " anywhere , or am I missing something ?
Any advice much appreciated
Regards
Alan
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 13:05 GMT (UK)
I've still got both on my old 10 laptop - see icons below

Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 13:11 GMT (UK)
If you just type their name over the Start icon, they will appear with their location, usually System
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: AngusMcCoatup on Thursday 02 January 25 13:37 GMT (UK)
Wordpad has been removed from all editions of Windows, but you should still have notepad - try using the search to see if it can find it.
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 13:46 GMT (UK)
Wordpad has been removed from all editions of Windows, but you should still have notepad - try using the search to see if it can find it.

So why have I still got it?
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 13:52 GMT (UK)
Still there for 10.and OP is asking about Win10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPad
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: locksmith on Thursday 02 January 25 14:04 GMT (UK)
Wordpad has been removed from all editions of Windows, but you should still have notepad - try using the search to see if it can find it.
It's only been removed from W11 24H2 so if you have anything before that, including W11 23H2 it should still be there (ie use search to find it).
My desktop is now W11 24H2 and it has gone. Still on unupdated laptop.
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: AngusMcCoatup on Thursday 02 January 25 14:05 GMT (UK)
Sorry, read that wrong. It has already been removed from Win11 and they say the plan is to remove it from all versions, whether that will impact Win10 users or not I'm not sure - I've just checked on my Win10 machine and it is still there although I never use it.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features - see about half way down the page.

I'm using OpenShell but if I remember correctly, Notepad should still be available under the Accessories subfolder from the Start menu. Wordpad might be there too unless it has been removed.
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: alan w jones on Thursday 02 January 25 14:25 GMT (UK)
Mmmm , wondering what most people use then to type a letter and print off , I found Wordpad perfect .
Regards
Alan
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 15:06 GMT (UK)
We have Office 365 (or whatever it's called now) on all machines.
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: AngusMcCoatup on Thursday 02 January 25 16:23 GMT (UK)
Mmmm , wondering what most people use then to type a letter and print off , I found Wordpad perfect .
Regards
Alan

For basic letters, wordpad would be fine and would meet a lot of end user requirements. But if you need something with a bit more features, then a "proper" word processor would/should do a better job. I'm using LibreOffice.
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Dave Francis on Thursday 02 January 25 17:09 GMT (UK)
Mmmm , wondering what most people use then to type a letter and print off , I found Wordpad perfect .
Regards
Alan

For basic letters, wordpad would be fine and would meet a lot of end user requirements. But if you need something with a bit more features, then a "proper" word processor would/should do a better job. I'm using LibreOffice.

... and worth mentioning that LibreOffice is FREE
Title: Re: notepad or wordpad ?
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 02 January 25 18:13 GMT (UK)
In my experience as an academic*, pukka publishers and journals much prefer manuscripts in Word.

* semi retired  :)