Security News > 2023 > September > Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years
Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it's no longer under active development, though the company did not specify the precise timing of this change.
"We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like.doc and.rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents like.txt."
Five years ago, Microsoft also announced that the classic Windows Paint application would be deprecated and removed with the release of the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update in July 2017.
The app's spot as a Windows digital assistant has already been filled by the AI-powered Windows Copilot unveiled during this year's Build conference.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-14 | CVE-2023-32019 | Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Microsoft products Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 4.7 |