WordPad hidden treasure - hpaluch/hpaluch.github.io GitHub Wiki

WordPad is currently simple RTF editor - included with Windows. However it has one important usage:

It can show/edit Unix text files (Notepad shows them as single long line)

Invoking WordPad

Under Windows 10 there are few surprises, so here are few ways how to run WordPad:

• from CMD, issue:

  "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"
  

  WARNING! Above Folder is NOT on Windows PATH, so just typing wordpad in CMD does not work!

• Using Windows Search:

  • Press Win+S
  • type word
  • there should be highlighted Best Match -> WordPad
  • press ENTER to run WordPad

• Using Open with....

  • right-click file you want to open with WordPad
  • choose Open with -> Choose another app
  • if there is no WordPad visible then click on More apps
  • select WordPad, if you want, you may also check on Always use this app to open .abc files

And - that's all.