Microsoft has released and discontinued numerous software and applications in the nearly four-decade history of Windows. Some of these were shut down swiftly for various reasons, while others survived for years. One such program is WordPad, which debuted in 1995 and is now being discontinued. The Windows team will eliminate it in the foreseeable future.
Microsoft Will Eliminate WordPad From Future Windows Versions
Microsoft has quietly announced that the iconic Windows application WordPad will be discontinued in the near future. It has updated a remark on the official Windows support page to indicate WordPad will no longer receive updates.
The message reads, “WordPad is no longer being updated and will be removed from Windows in a future release.” We recommend Microsoft Word for complex text files such as.doc and.rtf and Windows Notepad for simple text files such as.txt.”
With Windows 95, Microsoft introduced WordPad as a basic text-editing application and Microsoft Write replacement. Since 1988, the application has been a feature of the Windows operating system. Since 1995, it has been pre-installed on all Windows versions. The feature was ultimately made optional in 2020, allowing users to delete it if they did not want it.
The aforementioned change three years ago did indicate that WordPad is no longer a priority for Microsoft. In addition, it had not received any significant enhancements in recent years, which was another indication of its impending closure. It makes sense that the company is now concentrating solely on Microsoft Word and Windows Notepad.
Word is for those seeking a more robust, advanced, and feature-rich text editor, while Notepad is for quick and basic text editing requirements. Even in recent years, the team has enhanced Notepad to make it more useful. The application now allows multiple notes to be opened as windows. It is conducting additional testing of new Notepad features such as autosave and autorestore tabs.
In related news, Microsoft has scheduled a new product launch event for September 21 in New York City. New Surface Laptop, Surface Laptop Studio, and Surface Go devices are primarily anticipated. Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Go 3, Surface Go 4, Surface Laptop 6, and Surface Pro 10 are reportedly their names.
The new devices are rumored to feature upgraded hardware for improved performance and battery consumption. The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is rumored to feature 13th-generation Intel Core processors, up to 64GB of RAM, an NVIDIA RTX 6040 graphics processing unit, and an enhanced haptic touchpad. Microsoft is rumored to make additional announcements regarding AI-powered tools and applications. We may also hear about upcoming Windows modifications.
