Windows Notepad

ApplicationMicrosoft Corporation

Dem still dey call am notepad, windows notepad

Microsoft CorporationSystem

The Windows text editor. The process still remain notepad.exe even when Windows 11 bring the Store build wey get tabs.

Wetin you need know

Notepad still remain notepad.exe. The Windows 11 UI na Store update, no be new mystery process.

Windows Notepad dey edit plain text. Windows 11 add tabs through Store package. WINWORD.EXE na Word. Code.exe na VS Code.

Wetin e be?: The Windows text editor
I fit uninstall am?: The Store build, on some SKUs
Na Word?: No

Feex tok say

If you need tabs inside tiny editor, the current Notepad already get am. I no go install random notepad.exe from filename site.

Wetin be Windows Notepad?

Windows Notepad na the in-box text editor. Classic System32 notepad still remain for compatibility. Windows 11 fit redirect go the Store app.

If you never use am before

If you need to read .txt or log, Notepad already dey inside Windows. Press Start and type Notepad. E no be Word, e no be VS Code, and e no be download. Windows 11 add tabs through Store update. The process name still remain notepad.exe.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Plain text

Logs, notes, and files wey no get formatting. Encoding surprises fit still happen for strange files.

Quick logs and notes

The reason people still dey open am from Run: notepad.

Tabs on top Windows 11

Store package feature. Classic System32 Notepad on older servicing no get tabs.

Na who e dey for?

Anybody wey need tiny editor
Users wey no suppose confuse am with Word
People wey see new UI and think say the exe change

Current status

Dem dey actively update am through Microsoft Store on current Windows 11. Classic Notepad still remain on older servicing.

How old e be?

Notepad don dey follow Windows come since the 1980s. The Windows 11 Store build na recent UI on the same name. Na one of the oldest Windows apps wey people still dey use everyday. Dem comot WordPad from current Windows 11. Notepad stay.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Store Notepad (Windows 11)

Classic System32

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system	Windows. The Store build need current Windows 11 with Store access

Resource profile

CPU demand: Low except for huge logs
RAM demand: E dey follow file size

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
notepad.exe	Classic or Store host

Startup components

Notepad no suppose start with Windows unless file open am.

File locations

Common Windows Notepad locations
Classic	C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
Store	WindowsApps package

File formats

TXTother text wey you open

Common wahala dem

Two UIs

Store versus classic na Windows 11 feature. The process name still remain notepad.exe.

Uninstall regrets

Reinstall from Optional features or Store. No download replacement exe.

How to get unstuck

Reinstall from Microsoft Store or Optional features

If the Store build don comot, search Notepad inside Store. No download notepad.exe from filename site.

Huge logs dey find different editor

Notepad fit choke on multi-megabyte logs. Na file size cause am, no be say Windows spoil.

Encoding: try UTF-8 inside the Save dialog

Mojibake na often encoding issue, no be virus inside the txt.

Alternatives

VS Code and Word dey cover heavier files. Pick dem for encoding and styles, no be because Notepad get tabs now.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Microsoft Support: Notepad	support.microsoft.com/windows/help-in-notepad-4d68c388-2ff2-40e1-4357-412d66563f0c Current Notepad help
Microsoft Store	apps.microsoft.com/detail/9msmlrh6lzf3 Store package for the Windows 11 UI
Windows help	support.microsoft.com/windows Optional features and Store issues

Related hardware

Any PC wey dey run Windows fit run Notepad. Huge logs need RAM, no be GPU.

Technical details

Per-version file hashes and volume-license paths no dey verified inside dis preview.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

Microsoft Support: Notepad · Current Notepad
Microsoft Store: Notepad · Store package
Foxhole process map · First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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