Pour one out for the poor WordPad. Microsoft killed its free rich text editor in late 2023 in an effort to switch users to its premium Office apps or their free web-based versions. While WordPad ...

Notepad has been the default text editor for the Windows operating system for as long as three decades. The app lets you view, edit, and search plain text documents and source code files instantly.

Starting with build 26020, WordPad is no longer bundled with the operating system. More importantly, Microsoft said the app "will not be reinstallable." Starting with this build, the WordPad and ...