Launch Notepad and type .LOG (in all caps) as your first entry and nothing else. Click File > Save As or press Ctrl + Shift + S to save the log. Navigate to the directory you want to save the file ...

Notepad was meant to take a quick look into smaller log files, and while Notepad++ is an enhanced editor, it reportedly supports a maximum file size of 2GB. The limitation is due to the core ...

You can have Notepad automatically add a timestamp whenever you open the file. Just start the document with .LOG (all caps), ...

Read: How to restore the Classic Notepad in Windows 11 8) You can make Notepad behave like a log file: Open a blank Notepad file Write .LOG (in uppercase) in the first line of the file ...

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 ...

Use a Hotkey to Quickly Add Notes to Your Log If typing notes into a Notepad window takes too much time for your taste, what with the saving the file each time and all, you can create a simple ...

Spellcheck in Notepad works much like it does in Microsoft ... by default for some file types but is off by default in log files and other file types typically associated with coding,” says ...

If you need the big CBS.log file — unlikely but possible — just use a text reader like Notepad to go into the renamed or moved file. If you aren’t terribly interested in the log files ...

The Verge also reports that spellchecking is turned off by default for log files or "other file types associated with coding." Neither feature worked when I opened a batch file in Notepad to edit ...

Spellcheck is also disabled automatically in log files and other file types associated with coding. Microsoft has also added autocorrect to Notepad, which means typos are automatically corrected ...