Windows 10: Notepad margins at 0 after Creators update

I was using Google's "Roboto Mono" before and after CU. Notepad looks the same, with no padding, as before.
Maybe you can give it a try, from here

 

Mine's been same maybe for around 17 years, currently Windows 10 1703.

It relates to the metrics of the particular Font.
I use 'Courier New, bold' and get a reasonable gap/margin.

Poor old MS gets the blame for everything...

 

No. The font is not the cause/reason/issue. I've used Lucida Console for years, and it had a nice left margin. I could also use other fonts, and a decent margin was retained. Various fonts do cause varying margin widths, but in the past, none of them left me with zero margin.

No. The font is not the cause/reason/issue. I've used Lucida Console for years, and it had a nice left margin. I could also use other fonts, and a decent margin was retained. Various fonts do cause varying margin widths, but in the past, none of them left me with zero margin.

No. The font is not the cause/reason/issue. I've used Lucida Console for years, and it had a nice left margin. I could also use other fonts, and a decent margin was retained. Various fonts do cause varying margin widths, but in the past, none of them left me with zero margin.

And yes, MS gets the blame for this because I can see no other reason for the change. The CU update was the ONLY thing that changed before the margin disappeared. And for the record, neither has my status bar been the same since CU.

 

You could use notepad2 instead

http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/4.0.22/SetupNotepad2.x86-64.exe

Notepad2 Modifications

 

Just for s&g I'll add my thought: Notepad is not a word processor like WordPad which in reality is a 'lite' version of Word like the older Write in Win3.xx. Notepad doesn't have many features and/or settings and wasn't intended to, mostly used by programmers for writing code/programs and doesn't add 'hidden' code like a word processor does. It does support editing HTML documents but requires more knowledge of HTML than using GUI programs like FrontPage or Expression Web.

I'd go with something like suggested, Notepad2 or Notepad++, both good alternatives with more features and free.

A note: Write is still in C:\Windows but when double-clicked opens WordPad.

 

@cbiweb

Try the reset of Notepad. Documented here: How to Reset Notepad to Its Default Settings on Windows

 

Why are you not using WordPad? It have so many more options to use, you can even paste pictures in between your
text. Use bold letter on just one word, highlight and choose the "padding" you like.

You will find it in your Program (x86) folder under Windows NT > Accessories > wordpad.exe.

Make a shortcut on your Desktop and browse to it in the shown location, then you have it at hand.

 

Because that's overkilling the overkill for what I use Notepad for.

 

Good suggestion but it didn't work.

 

I could. And I do. ...for other stuff.

Maybe I should upgrade my Windows 3.1....