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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 month ago by shoulderoforion@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Windows will no longer have an integrated basic rich-text-based word app.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

And so the bloodline of windows write is extinguished

This is kinda sad that if you want to do even basic word processing with Microsoft software, your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

...your only option now is an ongoing subscription to do so.

You can also still buy the Office package without subscription. The latest release is from 2024 and 2021 before that. But of course its expensive for basic stuff.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I didn't actually realise that, I thought they'd just gone full Adobe with office 365

[–] Technofrood@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

I'm fairly sure they want to, they keep trying to kill off the standalone version but always seem to keep giving it a reprieve.