Windows 10: Accidental removal of wordpad I think...

Hello, I am not used to windows 11 and tried to do a disk clean up which doesnt look anything like it used to. After doing it my wordpad no longer works which means I cant open hundreds of files that were created in word pad. : Please help me figure out how to download it or another program to open these files. NOT MINCROSOFT WORD.

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Was Wordpad removed from Win11?

Hi Mugsy'sRapSheet,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Wordpad was not removed from Windows 11, it should be located in this folder:

C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

If you cannot find WordPad in there, open the Settings App, then go to Apps - Optional Features.

Do you see WordPad in the list of installed Optional Features?

If not, click the option to 'Add a Feature' and install WordPad from there.

 

wordpad notepad

hi

I went to use WordPad today but am unable to find it in apps. Scrolling down the list it doesn't list notepad or WordPad as an app. I tried to ask Cortana to open it by saying "open WordPad" all I get as a response is her say open what app. looking at the
speechbox it seems to recognise what I am saying I couldn't get her to open any apps try calculator as well . She did suggest sites on how to open WordPad. In the end I went through file explorer and found a shortcut to WordPad but why isn't it listed as an
app ?

 

Wordpad

Hello Tatic,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please provide some additional information, so that we can assist you better.

What exactly you mean when you say ‘deleted’, are you referring to the application which was showing in the Start menu or the application was uninstalled from your computer?

WordPad is a basic word processor that is included with almost all the versions of Microsoft Windows.

I would suggest you to follow below mentioned steps.

1. Click on Start menu and type ‘WordPad' in the taskbar search and click on the result. This will open WordPad.
   
2. If you’re not able to open WordPad, Press
   Windows + R and type ‘Write’ and hit enter.
   
3. You will WordPad application launching on the
   screen.
   
4. Navigate to C:\windows\system32\ and look for a ‘write’ (File).
   
5. You will see the application now.
   

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking ‘Yes or No’.

Harish

Microsoft Community – Moderator