Most of us use Windows without ever giving a thought to the small, simple tools that come with it. With the latest updates, Microsoft has converted one of these, Notepad, into quite a handy writing ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — I try new software almost daily. But I have to admit: The most useful and frequently used application on all my PCs is Notepad, the bare-bones text editor that comes with ...

As time goes on, Microsoft keeps adding more and more features to Windows, and it can be a good thing just as much as it can be a bad thing. Some features you can't imagine living without, and others ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...

lol all the nerds are forgetting what the purpose of Notepad is. It's to let the USER who is NOT a programmer take NOTES. Spellcheck makes perfect sense. You want something to open config files and ...