Unlike Notepad, WordPad is a rich text editor that incorporates formatting and styling options for content.
Therefore, it is a preferable alternative to Notepad for opening and editing TXT and RTF files.
This is how you could set up context menu shortcuts for launching WordPad and opening files in it.
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Right-click anywhere on the desktop background and selectShow more optionsto reach the classic menu.
Selecting the newWordPadoption on that menu will initiate the apps window.
Instead, it’s possible for you to add a second context menu option for opening files with WordPad.
That right-click option will provide a shortcut for opening documents in WordPad directly from File Explorer.
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