Windows Notepad

Windows Notepad
Original author(s)Richard Brodie
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1983 (1983)
(as Multi-Tool Notepad)
Stable release(s) [±]
Windows 11January 2025 Update (11.2501.31.0) / 31 March 2025 (2025-03-31)[1]
Windows 1010.0 (Build 19045.5796) / 22 April 2025 (2025-04-22)[2]
Operating systemWindows 10, 11
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC)
PredecessorMS-DOS Editor
TypeText editor
LicenseFreeware
Websiteapps.microsoft.com/detail/9msmlrh6lzf3

Windows Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows; it creates and edits plain text documents. It was first released in 1983 to commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS.

  1. ^ "Windows Notepad". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  2. ^ "KB5055612 (OS Build 19045.5796)". Microsoft Support. Retrieved 2025-04-22.

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