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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 [email protected] to c/technology
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Windows will no longer have an integrated basic rich-text-based word app.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was very niche, but it’s great for viewing docs or other light work on a system you don’t want to install a whole office suite onto.

[–] Brkdncr 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can still do that but it’s through word webview. Some people won’t like that option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't want to install "word webview" on a server in order to look at a large log file or peruse some XML.

[–] Brkdncr 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You don’t, it’s a browser. You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You shouldn’t be doing anything interacting from a server anyways.

Ideally no but in the real world it happens, especially with with Windows Servers.