windows - How do we "restore" notepad after crash?
2014-07
Pacerier
I was running NotePad and Chrome when my computer suddenly shuts down.
After reboot, chrome was able to "restore" itself such that I didn't lose any data.
However, how do we "restore" notepad.exe?
Hand-E-Food
No. Notepad is designed to be lightweight and minimalist.
There may be other notpad programs out there that may do what you want.
Benjamin Goodacre
There are lots of text editors that have auto-save save functionality, two of note:
- Notepad ++ with this plugin: https://sites.google.com/site/fstellari/nppplugins
- EmEditor (not free version)
user2933832
So many people have lost notepad files over the years -- it seems that an autosave feature would have been built in by now? An automatically saved notepad text would take so little memory... and save lots of people lots of trouble. I do not know how "heavy" it would then make the programme.
Noah
Are there any programs (for PC) that will constantly monitor what programs and windows within those programs you have open, and then restore each of those windows in case of a crash/forced restart? (looking specifically for Outlook, but open to all ideas)?
Something similar to Chrome's feature where after a crash, it says "Looks like Chrome didn't shut down properly. Would you like to restore your open tabs?"
Aki