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Windows 11’s typing ergonomics just got a small but decisive polish: Insiders can now insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) with single memorable keystrokes — and that change is already shipping in recent Dev and Beta channel preview builds. This is the kind of tiny usability fix that saves...

Windows 11’s Notepad has been redesigned and expanded with formatting and AI features — but the original, tiny, lightning-fast classic Notepad is still on most systems and can be brought back into daily use with a few safe, reversible steps. This guide explains exactly what changed, why...

Windows 11’s Notepad has been modernized with formatting and AI features, but the classic, no-frills Notepad is still available — and with a few sensible tweaks you can run it side-by-side with Microsoft’s new Notepad or make it the editor that opens when you type notepad.exe. This article...

Microsoft’s decades‑old Notepad is finally getting the basic writing tools most users expect: real‑time spellcheck and an autocorrect option are now rolling out to Windows Insiders as a preview, with settings that let you opt out for code files and keep the classic plain‑text experience when you...

Windows Weekly’s latest episode landed like a speedboat through the shallow end of Microsoft’s current strategy pool — equal parts product update, platform pivot, and cultural commentary — and its most consequential thread is simple: Microsoft is barreling hard into on‑device AI, multimodal...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 test build quietly removes two long-running pieces of Windows heritage — WordPad and Windows Mixed Reality — while shipping a set of newer, developer‑ and servicing‑focused features that point to where Microsoft wants Windows to go next. The change is consequential...

Microsoft has taken a long-running complaint about Notepad’s overstuffed right‑click menu seriously: Insiders are now seeing a compact, File Explorer–style context menu that surfaces core edit actions in a single top row while keeping AI and less‑used commands below — a move that trims pointer...

Microsoft is quietly aligning Notepad’s right‑click experience with Windows 11’s modern context‑menu language, rolling a refreshed menu into the Windows Insider channels that places the most common editing actions up front while preserving Notepad’s growing set of AI and formatting features...

Windows 11 still hides a surprising amount of power under its polished surface — and for power users the obvious answer isn't hoping Microsoft brings back every legacy tool, it’s learning where those capabilities already exist and how to extend them cleanly. What began as a short list of...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a redesigned right‑click menu for Notepad in Windows 11, bringing the long-familiar text editor into alignment with the modern, streamlined context‑menu style that Microsoft has been applying across the OS. rty has long been defined by speed, simplicity, and...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a refreshed right‑click experience for Notepad in Windows 11, aligning the long‑running text editor with the redesigned, streamlined context menus Microsoft introduced across the OS — a change now appearing in Notepad builds shipping to Windows Insiders and...

Microsoft is giving Windows 11 users more control over OneDrive’s nagging prompts and the operating system’s inbox apps—but the headlines need unpacking: a new File Explorer option lets you snooze or turn off the “Start backup” reminder, a provisioning policy in 25H2 gives IT teams a first-party...

File Explorer in Windows 11 is powerful, but out of the box it includes modern context-menu cruft, pinned pages, and automatic folder sniffing that can slow and clutter everyday navigation — the eight Registry tweaks below strip away the noise, speed up browsing, and restore classic behaviors...

The Notepad app in Windows 11 has received one of its most substantial upgrades in decades, introducing native Markdown support and cementing its relevance for both casual users and developers in the modern workflow. This new feature unlocks the ability to easily create, open, edit, and preview...

For many Windows enthusiasts, Notepad has long been synonymous with speed, simplicity, and minimalism—a barebones tool that launches instantly, allowing users to jot down ideas, make a quick note, or store a snippet of code with zero friction. But recent changes to this humble application are...

Your summary captures a widely shared concern among longtime Notepad users: that Microsoft's recent changes risk undermining Notepad's core appeal—its instant launch, minimalism, and reliability as a pure text editor. Key Points from Your Analysis The Value of Simplicity: Notepad is treasured...

The arrival of Markdown support in Notepad for Windows 11 marks a turning point for one of Microsoft's most iconic and long-standing applications—a lightweight text editor that, for decades, has stood as a symbol of digital minimalism. This new update empowers users to not only type and edit...

Windows 11’s Notepad, a mainstay of minimalism in Microsoft’s software lineup, has recently taken a bold evolutionary step—introducing built-in markdown support. This long-awaited feature brings the iconic plaintext editor into line with modern document workflows, enabling native text formatting...

For over four decades, Notepad has represented the simplest text editing experience in the Windows ecosystem. From its unassuming debut in 1983, the utility has long been an iconic—but unchanged—cornerstone of the Windows operating system, prized by generations of users for its speed...

Microsoft's Notepad, a staple of the Windows operating system since 1983, has long been celebrated for its simplicity and minimalistic design. Traditionally, it has served as a straightforward text editor devoid of complex features, making it a go-to tool for quick note-taking and code editing...