About Notepad and WordPad
brucine Posted messages 24411 Registration date Status Membre Last intervention -
Hello everyone,
Does anyone know where the opening file for Windows 10's Notepad is stored? I would like to be able to open it from a VBA command "Call Shell (" C\ etc") "
Also, why don’t the Notepad and WordPad applications appear in the list of available software in the "Start" menu? It was while searching for the folder where Notepad was located that I stumbled upon WordPad.
Thank you for your answers
2 réponses
Hello,
Weird question... are you new to Windows 10?
The path has always been %windir%\system32\notepad.exe
These applications are indeed in the Start menu, but in the "Windows Accessories" folder
Hello and thank you for your response.
I note that it is in System32
No, I am not new to W10; I have been using it since its release and before that I was using W8. That said, after checking, I do not have WordPad in the "start" menu and I also do not have "Windows Accessories" or "Accessories Windows"
Hello,
Microsoft has killed Wordpad in Windows 11, maybe also in Windows 10 while we're at it.
The target folder is likely present but may be empty in
Program Files-Windows NT-Accessories.
If that's the case, simply download the content related to Wordpad and copy it there, then create a shortcut from wordpad.exe that will be located there wherever you want.
This workaround does not restore the existence of this shortcut in the accessories area of the Start menu where it needs to be, so if desired, copy it to
C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories
It is worth noting that user folders are hidden by default and you need to select the display of system and hidden files if it's not already set that way.
https://www.01net.com/telecharger/bureautique/editeur_de_texte/microsoft-wordpad.html