Microsoft Corp. plans to phase out WordPad, the free word processor that has shipped with Windows for the past 28 years. The company disclosed the move in a support note released on Friday. “WordPad ...

In September 2023, Microsoft announced the surprising end of their free text editing program. For many, WordPad was a simple but useful alternative to Microsoft Word — but it’s no longer part of ...

Microsoft Windows isn’t without its fair share of issues, and occasionally, if you run into some sort of an issue, it’s best to scour the internet to find the solution. But there may be instances ...

Thankfully, there are now ample free options, though, this being Microsoft, I can't help but see this as yet another move to try to force someone to use Office. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if ...

Use the following suggestions if Microsoft Word crashes or freezes when printing a document on your Windows 11/10 computer. Before you proceed, I suggest you check for Office and Windows Updates. If ...

Microsoft has announced that its long-running WordPad app will no longer be updated, and it will be removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad, which first debuted almost three decades ago as a ...

Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it's no longer under active development, though the company did not specify the precise timing of this change.

WordPad first shipped as part of Windows 95, but it’s being removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad first shipped as part of Windows 95, but it’s being removed in a future release of Windows.

Microsoft deprecated WordPad, the old text editor first introduced in Windows 95, in September 2023. Later, release notes for one of the Windows 11 preview builds confirmed that the company plans to ...