Tech pro ThioJoe shows how to run Notepad and Microsoft Store apps safely inside Windows Sandbox for testing and isolation.

If you use Windows today and type ls, cat, grep, or awk in a terminal, there is a good chance something useful will happen. That was not always true. For most of the history of personal computing, ...

Two flaws in the widely used open-source editor can be triggered through manipulated configuration files, prompting security updates from the project's maintainers. Two arbitrary code execution ...

Microsoft has fixed a major security issue in Windows 11’s Notepad tool. This security flaw allowed hackers to execute code on users' computers by tricking them into clicking on malicious links ...

Markdown support means Notepad can open, edit, and save Markdown files (.md), which are plain text files that use simple symbols to format text and represent lists or links. For example, to bold text ...

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Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

Windows 11’s context menu in File Explorer has been showing the “Edit in Notepad” option for all kinds of files, including images and videos. For context, it is supposed to show up only when ...

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Open the Classic Notepad from its stored locations Install the Classic Notepad using Optional features in the Settings app Uninstall the new Notepad app Disable Modern Notepad Alias in Settings. Let’s ...

To restore old classic Notepad, just open App execution aliases settings, turn off the .txt execution for notepad.exe, and close the settings. Then, open Windows Run (Win+R) and type notepad.exe. This ...