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

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!

Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to know and love, using it for all manner of tweaking, quick editing, and other tasks. The ...

We all have to handle plain text files from time to time, and we know that printing files with the built-in Notepad applet in Windows should be called “pain text.” Fortunately, I’ve found a ...

I need to open up 4 text files at a time all with the same name but with different extensions. I've created a very simple batch file to take care of this using notepad, but it will only open up ...

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 ...

Microsoft decided to fix one of Notepad's longest running problems: garbled text files from other operating systems.