The Notepad or Notepad is the simplest, most versatile and powerful Windows program, which serves not only to write notes but also to create programming codes from scratch and execute commands. We have collected in this article some of the most curious tricks with the Notepad, some useful others instead that are funny jokes to make to colleagues or friends, on their computer. To use the various tricks, just right-click on an empty space on the desktop, go to New and then to Text Document . You can then open the new empty text document with Notepad, paste the code and save it as a name, also changing the file extension.
If you don't see or don't know what the file extension is, I recommend reading the guide on how to see file extensions, change them and rename them.
These tricks with the Notepad, in addition to being interesting for what they do, are also simple tests for those who want to learn script programming.
NOTE: for Windows 10 you can download Notepad as an app with new functions
1) Antivirus test
I had already talked about this trick in the article on how to test if the antivirus is working and protects the computer
The code to copy and paste on a notepad file is
X5O! P% @ AP [4 \ PZX54 (P ^) 7CC) 7} $ EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE! $ H + H *
The file must then be saved with the name test.exe .
By trying to run it, the antivirus should stop it otherwise there is a problem.
2) Create a personal diary of events
Copy the word .LOG to a new empty text document and save the file with the name log.txt
Now, every time you open this file, a line appears with a precise date and time and you can write under whatever you want, like in a diary.
3) Display some messages continuously
This is a trick trick that can be done with Notepad, to display a message or a series of popups continuously. Copy the code below and paste it into a new text document with Notepad and save it with the name message.bat . In this code you can write what you want after the asterisks.
@ECHO off
Begin
msg * Hi
msg * What are you doing "> Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
wscript.sleep 30000
do
colCDROMs.Item (i) .Eject
wscript.sleep 30000
loop
The CD will open and close on its own every 30 seconds.
5) Matrix effect
Copy and paste this code, save it in the matrix.bat file and then run it
@echo off
color 02
: start
echo% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%% random%
goto start
6) Let the computer speak
With this trick, you transform any text into audio spoken by the computer. The code must be copied, pasted and saved in a file with the name testo-audio.vbs
Dim msg, you know
msg = InputBox ("Insert text to convert to audio", "Navigaweb speaker")
Set sapi = CreateObject ("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak msg
7) Twin Towers trick
This is a bit macabre, to be mentioned however as it is curious and not to forget. Try to write the flight number Q33N that crashed on one of the Twin Towers in the 2001 attack.
Then change the font from the format menu by putting size 72 and Wingdings font and see what it looks like.
8) Make a popup appear with Yes and No
Copy the code into a text file saved with the name popup.vbs
onclick = msgbox ("Did you go today on Navigaweb.net?", 20, "Are you gone today on Navigaweb.net?").
9) Make a timer
The text should be saved in a file with the name timer.vbs
For i = 1 to 10
wscript.echo i
Next
10) Have the computer shut down with a message
@echo off
msg * But aren't you fed up?
shutdown -c "Error! Mo enough, goodbye!" -s
The file can be saved with the name turn-off pc.bat and can be used to have a quick link on shutdown or to make a joke on a friend's PC.
11) "And Yet it Hurt" game
You can play it on Windows Notepad by downloading the game And Yet it Hurt, a game with history and choices to make, really fun, too bad both in English.
NOTE: Each of the .bat or .vbs files can be run automatically on Windows so that it runs every time you start your computer.
To stop the looping .vbs files, open the Task Manager by pressing the ALT + CTRL + DEL keys and end the " Script Host " process.
There are also several other tricks with codes to be written with the notepad, but some of them, if used improperly (such as the one to format the C disk), can create many problems and it is better to avoid.
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