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Microsoft is discontinuing WordPad, a long-standing basic text-editing application in Windows, to streamline and modernize their software offerings.
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- Microsoft is deprecating and removing WordPad from Windows in a future update.
- WordPad is a basic text-editing application that has been installed on Windows systems since 1995.
- Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Word for rich text documents and Windows Notepad for plain text documents as replacements for WordPad.
- WordPad has been an optional Windows feature since the Windows 10 Insider Build 19551 release in February 2020.
- The discontinuation of WordPad may be related to a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad app that was exploited by malware.
- Microsoft previously announced the deprecation of the classic Windows Paint application but made it available through the Microsoft Store due to popular demand.
- Microsoft is also phasing out the Cortana voice-based assistant in Windows 11 in favor of the AI-powered Windows Copilot.
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Microsoft is discontinuing WordPad, a basic text-editing application that has been included in Windows for 28 years, as part of its efforts to streamline and modernize its software offerings.
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Microsoft has announced that it will deprecate WordPad in a future Windows update, as the application is no longer under active development. WordPad is a basic text-editing application that has been automatically installed on Windows systems since Windows 95. Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that it will be retiring WordPad, a word processing program that has been included in Windows for the past 28 years. The decision to remove WordPad comes as part of Microsoft's ongoing efforts to streamline and modernize its software offerings