Cool Notepad Tricks, Hacks & Commands

Cool Notepad Tricks, Hacks & Commands
Notepad is the simplest text editor provided by
Microsoft in every version of Windows. It is helpful
when we want to create a quick note. The files
created by Notepad are saved in .txt format which
is supported by every text editor. So, the files
created by Notepad are compatible to open, edit
and modify everywhere.
People generally consider Notepad simpler than
what it is. But readers, Notepad is light-weight
text-editor but saying it “simpler” would be wrong
because it can open many unknown extensions
files and Notepad itself hold many amazing
commands, tricks and hacks to make it more
productive for you.
Today, I am going to share 10 amazing Notepad
Tricks & Hacks that you can use to get most out
of Notepad and amaze your friends.
1. Create Diary on Notepad
This Notepad trick will allow you to create Notepad
note in such a format that whenever you edit your
note, it will get saved with date and timestamp
automatically. To do this, follow these steps:
3. Open Notepad
4. Type .LOG in first line.
5. Save the file as Log.txt
6. Now, write something to the file and it will
automatically get saved with edited date and time.
2. Create Fake Windows Errors With Notepad
This is another very cool Notepad trick that allows
you to create Fake error messages. You can create
Fake error message with any message. To do this,
follow these steps:
1. Open Notepad
2. Type X=Msgbox(“Message Here”,0+16,”Title
Here”)
3. Replace Message Here and Title Here with your
Error Message and Error-Window Title respectively.
4. Save the file with error.vbs.
5. Now, click the file and you’ll get your custom-
made Windows error message.
3. Force Shutdown Your Windows
This trick will let you force shutdown your Windows
in a single-click. So, if you don’t want to waste
three clicks (Start >> Turn Off Computer >> Turn
Off), this trick will help you in that. To do this:
1. Open Notepad
2. Paste @echo off in first line.
3. Paste msg * Shutdown computer in second line.
4. Paste shutdown -c “Sleep Tight” -s in third line
5. Save the file with .BAT extension. For example,
shutdown.bat
6. Click on your file and it will automatically
shutdown your Windows.
You can imagine the disaster that may happen if
you’ll put this file at Windows Startup
4. Create Password-protected Folder using
Notepad
Why to use any folder-locking software when your
simple text editor, Notepad can lock your folders?
To use this Notepad tricks, follow these steps:
Open Notepad
Copy the following code:
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p “cho=>”
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}”
attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}”
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p “pass=>”
if NOT %pass%== techgyd.com goto FAIL
attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}”
ren “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD
-08002B30309D}” Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End
techgyd.com written in red is password. Change it
to your own password.
Save the file as private.bat with File Type As All
Files (*.*).
Now, when you click private.bat, it will create a
Private folder. Move your private files, documents
and folders here.
Close Private folder.
Now, no one will be able to open the folder without
the password.