Windows 10: Wordpad not responding

Hi,


I was in the middle of writing and for no apparent reason my wordpad froze and has been unresponsive for several hours. I don't want to close the document because it had been thirty or so minutes since I last saved it and i will lose pages and pages of work.


Is there anything i can do to save it?

:)

 

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 hyperlink

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us. This issue may have occurred due to a software conflict. For us to help you with this concern, kindly answer the following questions:

• What version of Office applications are you using?
• Are you also experiencing any issues on opening different Office files?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you run an Office repair to check if there will be any changes on the Wordpad.
Kindly follow the steps given on the section that says Windows 10.

We'll be waiting for your reply.

 

Cannot select Wordpad as default for .rtf files

Step 7a1 click "More Apps"

Step 7a2 Scroll down and click "find another app on this PC" if wordpad is not listed

Continue with step7b