Latest Notepad news

New WogRAT malware abuses online notepad service to store malware

A new malware dubbed 'WogRAT' targets both Windows and Linux in attacks abusing an online notepad platform named 'aNotepad' as a covert channel for storing and retrieving malicious code.
- Bill Toulas
- March 05, 2024
- 03:25 PM
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Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 07, 2023
- 03:25 PM
- 0
Windows 11 ‘Moment 2’ update released, here are the many new features

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 22H2 'Moment 2' update, bringing many new and long-awaited features to the operating system.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 28, 2023
- 09:00 AM
- 3
Microsoft starts testing Notepad tabs in Windows 11

Microsoft released a new version of Notepad for Windows 11 on Thursday that will allow Windows Insiders in the Dev channel to use multiple tabs.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 19, 2023
- 01:35 PM
- 3
Windows 11 now warns when typing your password in Notepad, websites

Windows 11 22H2 was just released, and with it comes a new security feature called Enhanced Phishing Protection that warns users when they enter their Windows password in insecure applications or on websites.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 24, 2022
- 12:54 PM
- 3
New Notepad, Media Player updates out for Windows 11 Insiders

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 11 Notepad and Media Player applications are getting some new updates for Windows Insiders.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 09, 2022
- 02:09 PM
- 3
Windows 11 adds Android app support for everyone next month

Microsoft announced today that they would be releasing new Windows 11 features next month, including a preview of the long-awaited Android Apps on Windows 11 feature, a new windows sharing feature, taskbar improvements, and redesigned Notepad and Media Player apps.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 26, 2022
- 10:51 AM
- 2
Microsoft starts rolling out redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

Microsoft has started rolling out the new and completely redesigned Notepad for Windows 11 to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 07, 2021
- 02:22 PM
- 1
Notepad++ drops Bing after "tank man" censorship fiasco

The latest released version of Notepad++ is removing support for Bing search from the app after the "tank man" fiasco Microsoft had to deal with on Friday afternoon.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 07, 2021
- 09:18 AM
- 9
Windows 10 Notepad will warn when you're running an old version

The Windows 10 Notepad will soon include a built-in notification that alerts users when a new version is available.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 09, 2021
- 07:30 PM
- 1
How to Replace Windows 10 System Programs With Non-Microsoft Apps

Windows 10 contains programs, such as Notepad and Task Manager, that we have come to love and use often as part of our daily use of a Windows computer. Sometimes, though, you may find that you want to replace these programs with more feature-rich third-party programs, but still be able to launch them like you have gotten used to.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 29, 2020
- 03:18 PM
- 3
Windows 10 Notepad on Microsoft Store is No Longer Supported

Microsoft has decided to no longer offer the Windows 10 Notepad through the Microsoft Store, which will most likely cause future updates to become available at a slower pace.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 04, 2019
- 06:16 PM
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Windows 10 Notepad Added to Microsoft Store, Only for Insiders

The popular text editor Notepad would be updateable through the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 20H1 and the app has just landed in the Store, but there's a catch.
- Mayank Parmar
- August 19, 2019
- 01:54 PM
- 0
Windows 10 Notepad To Get Faster Updates via the Microsoft Store

Microsoft is moving the distribution of their iconic Windows 10 Notepad application to the Microsoft Store in order to facilitate faster and more frequent updates.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 17, 2019
- 11:05 AM
- 0
Windows 10 Notepad is Getting Better UTF-8 Encoding Support

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has released a new version of Notepad that includes changes that bring it closer to what we have come to expect from modern text file editors.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 12, 2018
- 11:15 AM
- 0
Windows 10 Notepad is Getting Updated with Modern Features

In this week's Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713, Microsoft added some major improvements to Notepad that makes its features more in line with what we expect from a modern text editor. Let's take a look at the new features we can expect to see in the upcoming Redstone 5 feature update for Windows 10.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 13, 2018
- 03:11 PM
- 3
Windows 10 Insider Build 17713 Is Now Available. Here's Whats New!

Microsoft has just released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713 (Redstone 5) to the Insiders in the Fast Ring. The preview build introduces new features for Microsoft Edge, improves Notepad, and more. As compared to the previous builds, this new build doesn't come with a large number of improvements.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 11, 2018
- 05:45 PM
- 0
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17666 Is Here With Lots of Goodies

Today Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17666 (Redstone 5) to insiders in the fast ring. This is a big build, with Sets improvements, a new Clipboard experience, a finished Dark Theme for File Explorer, Linux & Mac line ending support in Notepad, Notepad Search with Bing, Search Previews, & custom Tile Folder names.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 09, 2018
- 07:25 PM
- 2
Microsoft Adding "Search with Bing" Feature to Notepad in Windows 10

In today Windows 10 Insider Build 17666, a new "Search with Bing" feature was added to Notepad. This feature allows a user to select text in and then "Search with Bing..." to open the default browser and search for the selected text.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 09, 2018
- 06:01 PM
- 2
Line Feeds for Everyone! Notepad Now Supports Unix & Mac EOL Characters

Microsoft announced today that they are adding support for Unix & macOS End of Line characters to Notepad in the latest Windows 10 Insider build.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 08, 2018
- 04:48 PM
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