{"id":77706,"date":"2025-01-29T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=77706"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:50:07","slug":"restore-wordpad-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-wordpad-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Back WordPad in Windows 11 24H2 and higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPad is deprecated and has been removed in Windows 11 24H2. This article tells you how to restore WordPad to Windows 11 24H2 and higher.<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official announcement from Microsoft.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em>WordPad is no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents like .txt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>[Update &#8211; March 2024]<\/strong>: WordPad will be removed from all editions of Windows starting in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. If you&#8217;re a developer and need information about the affected binaries, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/whats-new\/deprecated-features-resources#wordpad\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Resources for deprecated features<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WordPad: WordPad is removed from all editions of Windows starting in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/whats-new\/deprecated-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deprecated features in the Windows client | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/whats-new\/whats-new-windows-11-version-24h2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Features removed in Windows 11, version 24H2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Restore WordPad to Windows 11 24H2<\/h2>\n<h3>Option 1: Extract the WordPad binaries from the ISO<\/h3>\n<p>You can get the WordPad binaries from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/download-older-version-windows-iso\/\">23H2 ISO<\/a>. After getting the 23H2 ISO, see how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/extract-files-windows-10-iso-dvd-install-wim\/\">extract files from the Windows ISO using 7-Zip or DISM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-prewrap=\"true\">Extract all the files from the &#8220;\\Program Files\\Accessories\\Windows NT&#8221; folder from the Install.wim or Install.esd inside the ISO.<\/p>\n<pre>\u2502   wordpad.exe\n\u2502   WordpadFilter.dll\n\u2502\n\u251c\u2500\u2500\u2500en-GB\n\u2502       wordpad.exe.mui\n\u2502\n\u2514\u2500\u2500\u2500en-US\n        wordpad.exe.mui\n<\/pre>\n<p>After extracting the files from the ISO, copy them to <code><strong>C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/acessories-folder-windows-11-24h2.png\" alt=\"Accessories Windows NT folder contents\" width=\"641\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: en-GB and en-US for English versions of Windows 11. For other language OS, you&#8217;ll see the respective subfolder (e.g., zh-CN for the Chinese language and ja-JP for Japanese.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If necessary, create a shortcut to WordPad in your Start menu or Pin it to the Start menu or Taskbar.<\/p>\n<p>Launch WordPad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wordpad-windows-11-24h2.png\" alt=\"Wordpad 24H2\" width=\"673\" height=\"604\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Option 2: Download the WordPad files<\/h3>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WordPad.zip\">WordPad.zip<\/a>, which contains WordPad.exe, WordpadFilter.dll, and the respective .mui file for en-US and en-GB.<\/p>\n<p>Unzip and extract the contents to your desktop.<\/p>\n<p>Copy all files to <code><strong>C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> when prompted for the UAC confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>If necessary, create a shortcut to WordPad in your Start menu or Pin it to the Start menu or Taskbar.<\/p>\n<p>Launch WordPad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Option 3: Download the WordPad installer from Win7Games<\/h3>\n<p>You can download the WordPad installer here.<\/p>\n<pre>https:\/\/win7games.com\/#wordpad<\/pre>\n<p>(<a title=\"www.virustotal.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/gui\/file\/db663c4d9e7a5af9676354f50f4e7217cf68314c4a50de27b7463151eef4ad59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">VirusTotal<\/a> analysis.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Related Posts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/get-windows-10-classic-paint-in-windows-11\/\">How to Get Windows 10 Classic Paint in Windows 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-old-classic-notepad-windows\/\">How to Restore Old Classic Notepad in Windows 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/get-old-classic-calculator-windows-10\/\">Get Old Classic Calculator in Windows 10 or 11<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPad is deprecated and has been removed in Windows 11 24H2. This article tells you how to restore WordPad to Windows 11 24H2 and higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[869],"tags":[981],"class_list":["post-77706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-11","tag-wordpad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48037,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/new-rich-text-format-missing-windows-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":77706,"position":0},"title":"New \u201cRich Text Format\u201d (RTF) missing from Right-Click menu in Windows 11","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In Windows 11, the New menu does not list the \"Rich Text Format\" (often abbreviated RTF) entry by default. 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