Windows 11 is showing "Edit in Notepad" in the right-click context menu for all file types in File Explorer, including images ...

If you notice that your Excel files are opening in Notepad, then read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The default behavior of a document or file is to open in the application with which it ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

Notepad has been around as long as Windows, originally shipping with Windows 1.0 way back in 1985. However, it's taken Microsoft 33 years to fix one of Notepad's most annoying problems: it can't ...

Windows 8 significantly changed the Windows interface, which can make it hard to find programs you're used to opening frequently. The Start menu, which used to list Windows accessories like Notepad, ...

Anyone know of a way on a win98 machine that I can create an icon that will prompt the user to open a file, and then open it in notepad?<BR><BR>I thought for sure there was a command line switch that ...

Blogger and Microsoft employee Derek Dysart has posted a great tip for automatically dating every new entry in a text file edited with Notepad. Open a blank Notepad file Write .LOG (in uppercase) in ...