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Discus and support Notepad question - Windows 10 in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I am a regular user of good ol' Notepad. I use it for quick text copy and paste stuff, among other things. I have a rather technical question about... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by jakeharper, May 19, 2020.

  1. Notepad question - Windows 10


    I am a regular user of good ol' Notepad. I use it for quick text copy and paste stuff, among other things.

    I have a rather technical question about settings:


    In older versions of notepad, a double-click of the following string would highlight the whole "word" from "" to "", inclusive

    1-2-3-4

    Now it just highlights one character.


    Also, delete to end of line used to be ctrl+del.

    Now it's ctrl+shift+del.


    I even went so far as replacing notepad.exe with an older version from XP. But there's no difference, which means the settings aren't really in the exe file itself.


    Is there any way to change those subtle settings? Is it a notepad thing? A windows thing?


    In itself, those differences don't seem like much but with heavy use when you're zipping through working with text, the extra key strokes add up.

    :)
     
    jakeharper, May 19, 2020
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  2. Windows 10 Character Map and Notepad

    Well I found the answer to my question. I should have thought through this a little longer.

    Notepad is native in ANSI mode.
    However Wordpad can work in UTF-8 mode.
    I found steps to make Notepad usable in UTF-8 mode but there are a lot of steps and once again there has to be a registry hack to make it work.
    Now how do I make Workpad be listed in the most used application through the Start Menu?
     
    1ThursdayJC, May 19, 2020
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  3. notepad

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    Hi Rich,

    I suggest that you use "WordPad" in Windows 10 to accomplish your task. Notepad is just too basic for this function.

    I Hope This Helps

    If My Reply Answered Your Question, Please Mark It Answered. Thank-You
     
    Leprechaun J, May 19, 2020
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  4. Notepad question - Windows 10

    Notepad

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below:

    • Open Task Manager. Here’s a tip: press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
    • Click on Startup tab.
    • Select Notepad from the list and click on Disable.

    Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us
    for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, May 19, 2020
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