Microsoft Is Getting Rid Of WordPad After 28 Years - The Veteran Editor Has Been Present In The OS Since Windows 95 - Gadget Tendency
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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

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

  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months 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.

      • wikibot@lemmy.worldBEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

        Microsoft Write is a basic word processor included with Windows 1. 0 and later, until Windows NT 3. 51. Throughout its lifespan it was minimally updated, and is comparable to early versions of MacWrite. Early versions of Write only work with Write Document (.

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