Notepad now allows you to write Markdown without installing anything extra. Use toolbar shortcuts to apply formatting, switch views, and clear formatting when needed.

To make Notepad files always open in a new or separate window in Windows 11, open Notepad setting and change the 'Opening files' option.

It’s even easier to enable dark mode in Notepad on Windows 11. Alternatively, you can also enable and customize dark mode on your laptop, which will usually affect multiple apps across the OS.

If the Notepad is not opening on your Windows 11/10, then here, we take you through a number of solutions that you may implement to rectify the issue.

Newly discovered code in a test version of Microsoft's Notepad seems to indicate that the simple text program will soon add a generative AI feature to help people write in the app.