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Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 (www.tomshardware.com)

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Windows will no longer have an integrated basic rich-text-based word app.

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

i was using it as a screen whenever i was leaving my computer unattended, when i used windows.

[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Omg i use this to open shitty word docs at work, to dont make it swap much, as the word is a memory hog

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Pfew ... I moved to Linux just in time!

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Gnome has already been ruined by a similar failed desire for a clean and simple interface.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That was decades ago, though.

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

No longer available and no longer integrated are not equivocal.

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