To prevent Notepad from opening old files at startup, open Notepad and select the ‘Settings’ gear icon. Navigate to When Notepad starts , then select Open new window . This ensures old files ...

If Excel files are opening in Notepad on your Windows 11/10 PC, use these solutions to fix the issue: ... When you try to open an Excel file, make sure the file’s icon matches the file type.

In a Windows Insider blog post about the new icons, Microsoft said it changed the orientation, default file type icons and more to create “greater consistency across Microsoft products that show files ...

Microsoft hides file extensions in Windows by default even though it's a security risk that is commonly abused by phishing emails and malware distributors to trick people into opening malicious files.

We've already seen the Windows Security, Narrator, and Notepad icons change. Now the top-level user folders for Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures have been given a more distinct look.

Open Notepad, click on the "DeskPins" icon on the Taskbar and then click anywhere within the Notepad window to keep it on top. Go to Dropbox.com and download the Always On Top ZIP file.

For more than three decades Notepad couldn't display all text files correctly. Now thanks to a new update, it can finally will. Previously, Notepad wasn't able to find the correct line endings.

Notepad keeps getting better in Windows 11. Microsoft is adding spellcheck, autocorrect, and even a character count soon.

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has released a new version of Notepad that includes changes that bring it closer to what we have come to expect from modern text file editors.