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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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[–] Ozonowsky 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess it's to direct more people to Microsoft 365 and Word. I hope that in reality more people will start to use LibreOffice and others.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've used windows since dos and have never once used wordpad in my entire life.
For basic text, notepad is just fine. For anything fancy, wordpad isn't good enough.
I feel that it doesn't have a place anywhere. It's like the bizarre paint 3D they've recently discontinued.

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

iirc wordpad had spellcheck which was sort of convenient

[–] sheogorath 4 points 1 month ago

My office had a period where we used LibreOffice and others because of some licensing dispute with Microsoft. However that period of peace ended when we migrated to 365.