Questions tagged [notepad]
Notepad is a basic text editor included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.0.
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Autosave Notepad Command
Can we have a command for MS Windows Notepad which triggers Save after a few seconds or like 30 seconds or Save every time I close the document.
I need something that works like .LOG which logs the ...
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Windows 11 note pad Is there any solution to stop it from reopening already open file?
Is there any solution to stop it from reopening it if is already open ?
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How to get back filenames on notepad taskbar icons?
There always were filenames of an opened file on a taskbar but suddenly there are only "Notepad". See
Screenshot of issue:
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So when we open a file with "Run as adminstrator" which user we are using?
So when we click the "Run as administrator" in any program it doesn't ask for a password? so what user is performing operations there?
Here is what I'm trying to do - I'm trying to edit /etc/...
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how to remove duplicated between 2 values?
I have 100.000 lines with information like:
K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2,
K1hhhhh,sssss,gggg,jjjjjjjK2,
K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2,
I want the result as:
K1xxxxx,ttttt,wwwww,xxxxxK2,
K1hhhhh,...
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What is the command or script text to minimize a running program using notepad
Im trying to make a script minimizes the app for example I type
start chrome
then i want to minimize the chrome app but how??
plz remember this is all in notepad
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notepad++ Remove Unnecessary Blank and EOL replace
I have over 300 files.
I want to use the "Remove Unnecessary Blank and EOL" function and correct everything with one click.
Is this possible?
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How to open file type with Notepad Legacy in Windows 11
I installed Windows 11 on my PC but excluded the new UWP Notepad app.
Though it supports dark theme, it has ridiculously varied-spaced characters (same words on different lines having different widths)...
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Where Windows 11 update keep a backup of unsaved Notepad window (specially before update that requires restart)?
On Windows 11, I had an OS update (while I was not there) and PC restarted automatically, and I found that any unsaved Notepad window was kept with its content as is. (which means Windows has stored ...
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Notepad row count inconsistent before and after enabling *and then* un-enabling word wrap
I have a CSV file that contains 10,001 rows (10,000 rows of data and one row for the headers).
When opening it in Notepad, scrolling to the very bottom, and clicking on the last row, I get "3659&...
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Notepad ++ How to remove/replace text in the url
I've been trying this for an hour and can't seem to get the right regular expression any ideas?
From this:
https://shopee.co.id/-Full-Version-Mentor-Graphics-QuestaSim-2021.1-Windows-2021.2.1-Linux-...
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Why does Windows 11 Notepad Word Wrap even when the setting is off (and how to fix)?
Opening a file with very long lines in Windows 11 Notepad, I expect to be able to toggle word wrap as in previous editions of notepad. However, despite the word wrap setting being off, the lines are ...
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Can I install the latest Windows 11 apps on Windows 10?
There are a lot of apps updated with Windows 11 which includes Microsoft Store, Photos, Notepad, MS-Paint, Snipping tool, Snip n Sketch, etc. They all are available at windows 11 but not at Windows 10....
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Windows 11 Notepad App Takes Up HUGE Memory
I recently got Windows 11 after retiring Windows 7 and I am not impressed.
Notepad (came with the system) when just opened, takes up 44 MB Memory. No wonder I see many forums stating Notepad is slow. ...
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Notepad- Select only one column
I want to select only one column in my txt file. This is the sample of my file, its contain about 15k line i only want to select date column how i change a copy paste only on column...
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In the file explorer preview pane how do I remove numbered lines from .txt files?
In Windows 11, how do I remove numbered lines from .txt/notepad files in the file explorer preview pane? Other files, like .docx, appear just fine. It's just .txt files that seem to have this line ...
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Win11: Notepad & Other Apps: Cursor disappears and/or stops blinking
I am a heavy user of Notepad
I find the cursor is hard to see (it is very skinny).
I found that in Settings, I can thicken the cursor (however, this setting does not affect all apps, for example the ...
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Win11: Notepad: Cursor seems to disappear?
I am a heavy user of Notepad
I find the cursor is hard to see (it is very skinny).
I found that in Settings, I can thicken the cursor (however, this setting does not affect all apps, for example the ...
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Windows 11 Notepad: Command Line Options?
Are there command line options in the new UWP app (using a richedit class) similar to those for the Notepad of Windows 10 and previous?
e.g.
/A open file as ansi
/W open file as unicode
/P print ...
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How to get the coloured box characters in a wordle answer file to show up in Notepad?
I am using Windows 10. I've installed Clear Sans but when I copy and paste the answer file from a Wordle game into Notepad the squares are showing up as empty black squares, not as full-colour squares ...
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How to remove lines that not containing any uppercase letters or lowercase letters or numbers notepad++ after ":"
I've never used a regex before.
I'm looking for a regex command that can help me bookmark lines AFTER ":" that has:
at least 1 uppercase letter
at least 1 lowercase letter
at least 1 number ...
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I replaced notepad with atom, can't open files with spaces?
I'm trying out different editors to possibly replace notepad with, something light but with modern editing features (such as multiple cursors). I've used Notepad3 for the longest time, I don't like ...
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I have a text file that has 2 columns I need to merge all lines in column 2 before the next column 1 attribute id
Have only ever dealt with very simple text to csv data formatting. I am working with a text file with 14900 lines for a mapping project. I have tried delimiting using tab etc but cannot get a single ...
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Behaviour on Notepad's undo functionality in Windows 11
Seems Windows 11 made updates on its Texteditor notepad.exe. The search functionality was changed (e.g. usability was improved by individual buttons for up and down search) as well as the undo ...
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Opening .txt file from URL/URI via browser
I need some assistance in a project regarding opening a .txt file from URL\URI via browser
I have created below key in the registry:
reference snap 1
reference snap 2
So now whenever I try to open ...
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How to convert an excel file to a text file without corruption in columns?
I want to convert a bunch of data from excel to text file. But as you can see in the screenshot, numbers are not correctly in their columns.
I've tried copying and pasting data into notepad and saving ...
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How to remove a specific characters in an emails lines before the @?
How to remove any characters that aren't of the following from email lines before the @, through regular expressions?
I tried the following but it didn't work :(
Find what: ^([^a-z0-9;:]*)([a-z0-9]*)(?...
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How to remove this codes/keys from lines?
Hello everyone i hope you all have a good day.
I want to know how to remove/delete the following codes/keys from lines.
Example List:
m-1407-m-00
64582e-2bd9-4b06-a9a1-78bfd42a7e6d
SimpleHere123
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Move the "find window" out of the way in Windows 11 Notepad
The Windows 11 Notepad has been redesigned and features a new find/replace window. Let's say I have the following text:
and I jump to the start of the text and search for all occurrences of "...
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How to override a default windows cmd command? such as rebinding the notepad command to different program
I have a habit of using the keyboard shortcuts
windows key + R and then typing the notepad command to write all my notes
the problem is i always end up with a bunch of notepads open that i have to ...
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Regex: Select strings/lines from one point to another point (with many \n)
I want to select all lines starting with <!-- FLAGS_1 --> and ending with <!-- FLAGS -->
<!-- FLAGS_1 -->
<div class="cautareField">
<...
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Notepad Regex Formatting
Lets say i have 100000 words in a list
( Example )
Apple
Orange
Grape
Bannana
.... etc
and i need them in this format
<command name="FindRep" enabled="True">
<find xml:...
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Where does the new notepad with Windows 11 save the window position?
For Windows 11, the location HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Notepad is no longer used to save window size and position for notepad. Exploring and testing do not provide a new registry location for this.
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Bitdefender Free Antivirus Detected an Injection: Injection was being performed by OpenWith.exe
I was just trying to open a .txt file and when I clicked on it, it asked me to choose a program to open the file with. I clicked on the app and the box disappeared. I tried it multiple times and after ...
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Is there any straightforward way to replace notepad.exe in Windows 11?
After upgrading to Win 11 a bit over a week ago, I found that my Image File Execution (i.e. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe) replacement for ...
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How do i put separator after each 5 string in 20 random strings?
Hello guys i want to know how do i put separators such as "-" or ":" after each 5 string
in 20 random letters&numbers string of many lines using regex?
So basically count 5 ...
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How to make this Regex work?
i want to know how to make this Regex work ^....*:....* +[|].*$
And ^....*:....* +[=].*$ And ^....*:....* +[-].*$
It works without using ^ for first-line and $ for end of line
Basically, i want to do ...
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Notepad and removing all instances between backslashes [closed]
Sample format.
\Sesame Street\elmo\
I want to get rid of everything including the backslashes but the text for each is different.
Sample format.
\Sesame Street\ \
Again, I want to get rid of ...
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Txt files have unnecessary spaces
I am downloading a log file from a security system as txt file, The log contain one or more lines where there is only single space between every 2 words, however, when i downloaded it and opened in ...
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Windows 10 notepad stops responding while replacing text with the same text using Wrap around and Replace All
I was trying to replace some text, but I don't change the text I wanted to replace it with (paste the same text in Find what: and Replace with:) and while replacing text using Wrap around option and ...
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What Could Explain This Odd "Automatic Save" Behavior of Notepad?
I have recently encountered this very odd behavior using the basic Notepad of Windows 10, and I can't figure out what could explain it.
I'm using the MT Power Drumkit 2 plugin for the LMMS music ...
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Opening csv file with notepad with two different desktop running both windows gives different results
Opening csv file with notepad with two different desktop running both windows gives different results
One of the desktop when opened, it's kind of lined nicely with newline, but somehow the other one ...
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How to join multiple long sentences numbered into multiple lines(notepad ++) (without wrapping)
I have copied 20 sentences from the document, but when I paste it into notepad ++ it shows 27 lines. How can I process it out into exactly 20 lines on notepad ++(at the beginning of sentences are ...
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Notepad strange characters [duplicate]
I’m trying to edit a steam game save file but when i go through steam and open the save file it’s full of weird characters and none of it is making sense. I’ve downloaded notepad ++ and it’s the same ...
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Restore Notepad to your preferred size and position in Windows 8
How to change back and restore the default size and location of Notepad window as well as font and other settings to it's previous state in Windows 8.1?
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How to replace Notepad with Sublime Text 3
Is there a way to completely replace Notepad with Sublime Text 3, i.e., the files that would normally open with Notepad should open with Sublime Text 3, not just with ..txt files.
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Win10: Notepad: How to change the default font?
I am a heavy user of notepad. (notepad.exe, part of the Windows OS)
I sometimes increase to a rather large font, when I am screen sharing an outline.
Generally, this font size setting is lost when I ...
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How does a Windows Notepad display multiple fonts?
What I have known is, Notepad can display texts with a particular font only. But recently I pasted some texts from MS Word which were in Segoe UI font into the notepad which contains other texts too. ...
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How to make my last Worlds copy to the first in notepad++
So i need help
I want to copy all my last word to the first word
example:
^=/system/priv-app/Hearingdro_Tablet_V4_N
^=/system/priv-app/SetupWizard
^=/system/priv-app/ANTRadioService
to:
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Block Notepad from editing
I generate a document in .txt format (because the document is printed with an old dot matrix printer).
The problem is: User edit some data before printing the document, thats why I want to find some ...
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