Microsoft has patched a severe security vulnerability tied to Notepad's Markdown feature. Here's what you need to know to remain safe.

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

Microsoft confirms CVE-2026-20841, a Remote Code Execution flaw in Windows 11 Notepad via Markdown links. Patch now rolling ...

Notepad has quietly evolved over the past few years, and image support could mark its biggest shift yet, especially after Microsoft removed WordPad from Windows and left a gap for richer editing. The ...

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

If you have a paid subscription of Microsoft Office on your system, then you can use the same for counting words in Notepad. The reason is that Microsoft Word has an in-built word counter. All you ...

You can use Notepad, the native Windows 7 text editor, to work on your business's text documents. However, Notepad is a basic text editor that has only minimal formatting options. If you need to ...

Notepad is one of the oldest tools available on Windows 11/10. It hasn’t seen a significant update in many years, and that’s because there is no need. After all, it is fine as is. Now, folks who use ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company’s Tuesday patch ...