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  1. Liam Smit Win User

    Can i recovery files from Notepad, that randomly disappeared?


    So, I opened the Notepad app earlier this morning and a few pages worth of notes I had, disappeared, the tabs were closed out and gone. I am positive I never closed them, and I have been trying to find ways to recover them with no success. Can someone please help me?

    :)
     
    Liam Smit, Sep 13, 2024
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  2. Bree Win User

    The Great Disappearing Notepad App

    Welcome to Ten Forums. Your cousin is very wise *Wink

    With the update to 2004 Notepad has become an optional feature. If it is installed you should fin it listed in Apps > Apps & features > Optional features.


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    If it is not listed there, you should be able to click on 'Add a feature' to find and install it.

    This is not the first report of Notepad going missing after the update to 2004, it has also been reported here. Though I have updated several machines now without it going missing.
     
  3. Notepad

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below:

    • Open Task Manager. Here’s a tip: press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
    • Click on Startup tab.
    • Select Notepad from the list and click on Disable.

    Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us
    for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Sep 13, 2024
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  4. Can i recovery files from Notepad, that randomly disappeared?

    Ascii file in Notepad

    Hi GreenGreen2,

    This statement of an issue is quite unclear and incomplete to be understood by our readers. It is too broad for us to distinguish the main reason why you are having challenges/concerns with
    Notepad. To have a better understanding of your concerns, we'd like to ask you some questions:

    • What is this file? Is it a Notepad
      file with ASCII characters inside it? or is file with ASCII characters named on it?
    • What is the file extension of this file? Is this a .txt file or not?
    • Where is this file came from?
    • Can you give us a step by step walkthrough on what you’re doing?
    • Can you create a new user profile and test if the issue will still happen in the new user profile?
    • What were the recent changes made on your part before you experienced this issue?
    • Can we have a screenshot of this file? This is to give us at least an idea what type of file is this.

    In addition, you can read our forum guidelines here:
    How to ask an effective question
    to help you phrase and compose your concerns in complete detail here in our community. In this way, the readers will get enough information that will lead them to provide you accurate resolutions instead of
    having assumptions and guessing.

    To notify us and have us get back to you, simply reply to this post.
     
    Johann Eva, Sep 13, 2024
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