2024 INFO  [wordpad] WordPad, up since 1995
2024 WARN  [wordpad] a deprecation notice it had been ignoring since spring
2024 INFO  [wordpad] WordPad was removed from Windows in 2024, starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, after nearly three decades of being installed and not opened.
2024 INFO  [wordpad] It was always the second-best way to write anything, and never complained about it.
2024 INFO  [wordpad] With it gone, Windows no longer opens rich text files by default, which some consider the point.
2024 INFO  [wordpad] There is no official way to bring it back. It would have understood.
2024 INFO  [wordpad] exit code 0. In lieu of flowers, save as .txt.
2024 INFO  [rest-in-print] obituary filed. https://restinprint.studio/hall/wordpad