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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Windows will no longer have an integrated basic rich-text-based word app.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Word is now so bloated that I fear using it. It's nice to have Wordpad.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As if Clippy wasn't doing that 25 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah but Clippy was attractive. All those curves on display.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Now I had a mischievous long chuckle on the bus and the old ladies near me are a bit worried about me!