Uncovering Hidden Features of Windows Notepad
Notepad has several secret features, including creating a timed log entry file by starting a file with ".LOG" and customizing print headers and footers with character codes.
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Secret Features
📝 Starting a Notepad file with ".LOG" creates a timestamped log entry.
🕰️ Hitting F5 or using the "Time/Date" button adds a timestamp.
🖨️ Customizing print headers and footers is possible using character codes like &L, &C, and &R for alignment, and &D, &T, and &F for date, time, and file name.
📋 Command line arguments like /A, /W, and /P can be used to launch Notepad with specific options or print files.
Recent Updates and Classic Notepad
📁 The new Notepad saves sessions by default, but this behavior can be changed in settings.
🔍 The new Notepad has features like spell check, auto-correct, and dark mode.
📈 The classic version of Notepad can be installed by going into Settings, System, Optional Features, and selecting "Notepad (System)".
🔗 To run the classic version, go into Settings, Apps, Advanced App Settings, and toggle off Notepad.
Hidden and Historical Facts
🔍 The source code of Notepad was leaked, revealing unused status bar codes that could have shown more file information.
📄 The old Windows XP Notepad icon had a unique look, but was limited to 48x48 pixels.
📰 A historical bug in Windows XP Notepad caused text to become garbled when typing specific characters, but was later fixed.
That's cool, didn't know most of these... But not enough to make me switch from Notepad++.
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