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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2
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Microsoft: We can't spy on your usage when you use wordpad, use O365 instead! (guessing since MS recommends using O365 Word in its place).
TBH, I haven't used wordpad since Windows 98. Not saying others don't use it, but Notepad++ and a myriad of other options are better anyway.
If they just wanted telemetry they'd just "enhance it" they way they did with the monstrosity that is new Paint or AI assisted notepad.
And probably as a security update as well.
AI assisted Notepad is a thing?
Yeah, though I don't know if it graduated beta, because I don't use windows 11.
Does Notepad++ allow rich text?
On a default install on NP++ you can only save as rtf, but there are addable plugins that give some rtf functionality. So as a direct answer, no, it doesn't, but it can.
Meh. I'm not sold enough.
vim with global ls_colors and dircolors kinda user huh? Nothing wrong with that.
I don't understand these words 😭
which is why they're getting rid of it
it would probably be pretty easy to just patch telemetry into it, except nobody uses it because why would you