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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95 (gadgettendency.com)

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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95::Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't Windows for Workgroups (3.12) also have WordPad? I remember something that was more complex than Notepad being released with pre-95 Windows.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is wordpad, notepad?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Markdown is superior anyway 😂

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