If you notice that your Excel files are opening in Notepad, then read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The default behavior of a document or file is to open in the application with which it ...

While editing code in Visual studio or other code editor, use Notepad to hold method declarations. Open Notepad then copy each function declaration into the text editing window. To switch back and ...

To me, it seems like Notepad's spellcheck is more word-focused instead of trying to identify the context and figure out which ...

You are probably aware that Internet Explorer (version 5x) remembers your passwords on certain Web sites. If you would like to disable this feature-called password ...

When you're creating spreadsheet documents to track employee IDs, forecast sales or compare products, you may want to prepare your data in another program and open the resulting file in Microsoft ...

WE ALL HAVE to handle plain text files from time to time, and we know that printing files with the built-in Notepad applet in Windows should be called “pain text.” Fortunately, I’ve found a way to ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

Want to stop Notepad from opening previously opened files? If you want to start over each time you launch Notepad anew, you can turn off the setting that makes Notepad restore previously opened files ...