Microsoft is now eliminating its WordPad app which has been a staple of all Home windows working programs launched since 1995. Not solely is the Satya Nadella-led firm planning to take away WordPad app from newer builds of Home windows, the app won’t be reinstallable ever once more.
The information was first revealed through Widows Insider weblog for up to date Home windows 11 Canary Channel construct. The weblog put up whereas tackling the removing of WordPad famous, “Beginning with this construct, the WordPad and Folks apps will not be put in after doing a clear set up of the OS. In a future flight, WordPad can be eliminated on improve. WordPad won’t be reinstallable. WordPad is a deprecated Home windows characteristic.”
Nevertheless, the excellent news for WordPad followers is that the MS Phrase various has not been faraway from the secure model of Home windows 11 but and the brand new adjustments have undergo the beta and developer channels first.
Based on a report by Gizmodo, Wordpad was a successor to Microsoft Write and initially positioned in two key methods: a textual content editor with some MS Phrase functionalities and a extra superior model of the Notepad app. Whereas the WordPad app is all set to depart Home windows 11, Notepad appears to be safe for now.
Whereas the information of Microsoft eradicating WordPad from Home windows 11 may come as a shock to many, the Redmond based mostly firm appears to be planning the transfer for some time with a latest GeekWire report noting that WordPad had additionally not acquired the darkish mode which the Notepad app bought.
Moreoever, Microsoft had listed WordPad as a ‘deprecated’ app since September 2023. The corporate now recommends utilizing different WordPad alternate options like MS Phrase and Notepad. A Microsoft blogpost on Deprecated options famous, “We advocate Microsoft Phrase for wealthy textual content paperwork like .doc and .rtf and Home windows Notepad for plain textual content paperwork like .txt.”
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Revealed: 07 Jan 2024, 06:33 PM IST
