AlternativeToSep 2, 2023
🪦 Microsoft is discontinuing WordPad after almost 30 years. They recommend using Microsoft Word for rich text and Windows Notepad for plain text, but you can also explore our complete list of alternatives: https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/9/microsoft-has-finally-announced-the-end-of-the-road-for-wordpad-a-windows-staple-since-1995/
Show threadNicola

@alternativeto Everyone keeps saying 'after 28 years', but wordpad is essentially a continuation of 'MS Write' (it even sits as write.exe these days), which has been a staple of windows since v1.0 in 1985

I'm not going to panic too much though, because it's not like MS are reaching into my win10 and removing it, if they remove it it'll be from win12 onwards, and I'll probably switch to 100% linux desktop before using win12

Sep 3, 2023 at 11:37amWeb