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To use the Wordpad in Windows 10, type ‘ wordpad ‘, in the taskbar search and click on the result. This will open WordPad. To open Wordpad, you can also use the Run command write.exe.

Well, 24H2 is now here - or it's rolling out, anyway - and as promised, there is no WordPad anymore. Furthermore, fresh installs of Windows 11 won't come with WordPad either.

With that rollout, "WordPad will be removed from all editions of Windows," Microsoft says. "As a result, Windows will no longer have a built-in, default RTF reader.

The tech giant will not include WordPad in Windows 11 version 24H2, which began rolling out on Oct. 2, 2024. This marks the end of WordPad's 28-year tenure as a built-in Windows application.

UPDATE 10/3/24: It's time to say goodbye. With this week's Windows 11 2024 update, WordPad has officially made its way to Microsoft's list of deprecated features. "WordPad is removed from all ...

If you don’t know, WordPad has been around since Windows 95, and in terms of features and functionality, it offers more than Notepad, but less than Microsoft Word. This naturally makes it a bit of a ...

Microsoft WordPad is officially deprecated, which means it will disappear as soon as you update to 24H2. There is a workaround, though.