Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. Image: Microsoft. Notepad has long been Windows’ quiet utility ...

At the risk of going into old-man-yells-at-cloud mode, I remember when Notepad was the most basic text editor around. Some coders and writers liked the program—which comes included in every single ...

Microsoft is adding free AI-powered text writing capabilities to Notepad for customers with Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11. Currently, this change is being rolled out to Windows 11 Insiders in the ...

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. These ...

Want to stop Notepad from opening previously opened files? If you want to start over each time you launch Notepad anew, you can turn off the setting that makes Notepad restore previously opened files ...

Guide When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Notepad in Windows 11 recently received plenty of updates, and even more are coming soon.

Microsoft’s new financial year kicks off with some interesting changes for Xbox. Microsoft’s new financial year kicks off with some interesting changes for Xbox. is a senior correspondent and author ...