Learn how to make Notepad not restore previously opened files but instead open a new blank page in Windows 11. Stop Notepad from opening the last file!

To make Notepad files always open in a new or separate window in Windows 11, open Notepad setting and change the 'Opening files' option.

For more than three decades Notepad couldn't display all text files correctly. Now thanks to a new update, it can finally will. Previously, Notepad wasn't able to find the correct line endings.

Add Notepad to the SendTo Menu Would you like to add Notepad to your Windows 9x SendTo Menu? By adding Notepad to your SendTo Menu, you can use Notepad to view text files with a .TXT extension. Go to ...

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?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 ...

Sure, I no longer edit my AUTOEXEC.BAT file in it - mainly because it was a DOS loader that doesn't exist in Windows today. Still, I find Notepad important for quickly taking notes.