10 Super Cool Notepad Tricks, Hacks & Commands

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:
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Open Notepad
Type .LOG in first line.
Save the file as Log.txt
Now, write something to the file and it will automatically get saved
with edited date and time.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/LOG-Trick.png

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:
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Open Notepad
Type X=Msgbox(Message Here,0+16,Title Here)
Replace Message Here and Title Here with your Error
Message and Error-Window Title respectively.
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Save the file with error.vbs.
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Now, click the file and youll get your custom-made Windows error
message.

image: http://cdn.digital.guide/notepad-trick-2.png

3. Force Shutdown Your Windows

This trick will let you force shutdown your Windows in a single-click. So, if you dont
want to waste three clicks (Start >> Turn Off Computer >> Turn Off), this trick will help
you in that. To do this:
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Open Notepad
Paste @echo of in first line.
Paste msg * Shutdown computer in second line.
Paste shutdown -c Sleep Tight -s in third line
Save the file with .BAT extension. For example, shutdown.bat
Click on your file and it will automatically shutdown your Windows.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/3rd-Notepad-Trick.png

You can imagine the disaster that may happen if youll put this file at
Windows Startup
image: https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/72x72/1f609.png

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%== digital.guide 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
digital.guide 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.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/Private.png

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5. Make Computer To Speak Your Sentence

This Notepad trick will make computer to speak whatever you type in the
provided text-box. To use this trick, follow these steps:
Open Notepad
Copy & paste this command:
Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox(What do you want me to say?,Speak to Me)
Set sapi=CreateObject(sapi.spvoice)
sapi.Speak message
Save the file as speak.vbs.
Double-click the file and it will open a prompt. Enter the sentence you
want your computer to speak
Click OK and Notepad will speak the sentence for you.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/Speak-Notepad-Trick.png

Note In case, if you encounter error, re-type all the quotes and this notepad trick will
work fine.
6. Make CD Drive Open & Close Again and again
This notepad prank will make your CD drive open and close again and again continually.
To use this notepad trick, use these following steps:
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Open Notepad
Enter following command:
Set oWMP = CreateObject(WMPlayer.OCX.7)
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
do
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
End If
wscript.sleep 5000
loop
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Save your notepad file as cdopen.vbs
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Now, open cdopen.vbs and it will start the process to continuously
open and close CD drive.

To stop the process, open Task Manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del and stop cdopen.vbs
process.
7. Create Matrix Raining Code Screen
Have you watched the movie, Matrix? You might have seen string of green characters
appearing at the screen randomly. We are going to do something similar with the help of
Notepad. To use this Notepad trick, follow these steps:
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Open Notepad.
Type this command:
@echo of
color 02
:start
echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random
% %random% %random% %random% %random%
goto start
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Save the file as Matrix.bat
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Click on Matrix.bat and the show begins.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/matrix.png

Alternatively, you can use this code for different effect:

@echo of
:a
color 2
echo 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
ping localhost -n 1 > nul
echo 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 a f h 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
echo 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 9 9 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
ping localhost -n 1 > nul
echo 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 0 1 0
ping localhost -n 1 > nul
echo 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 1 1 2 1 1 0 9 1 0 5 7 7 8 7 8 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 4
ping localhost -n 1 > nul
echo 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
goto a
Source: Wikihow
8. Make Your Keyboard LED Dance
Your keyboard has three LEDs above numpad of Scroll Lock, Caps Lock and Num Lock.
This Notepad trick will make those three LED continually on and off, creating dancing
effects. To do this, follow these steps:
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Open Notepad
Enter following code
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(WScript.Shell)
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys {CAPSLOCK}
wshshell.sendkeys {NUMLOCK}
wshshell.sendkeys {SCROLLLOCK}
loop
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Save the file as Dance.vbs
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Click the file and your all three LED lights will start dancing.
To stop, Shut down or Log off your PC.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/12430-img3379s.jpg

9. EICAR Test File: Test Your Antivirus

Do you want to check if your Antivirus real-time protection is working correctly or
not? Then this European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) code will
help you in that.
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Open Notepad
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Copy this code: X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARDANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
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Save the with .COM extension. For example, testantivirus.com
If your antivirus real-time protection is working perfectly, it will show you alert
and quarantine the file by considering it malware.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/antivirus-test.png

10. Bush Hid The Facts

This is very simple but the most popular Notepad trick. To use this notepad trick, follow
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Open Notepad
Type BUSH HID THE FACTS
Save that file
Open it again & see. Amazing?
Alternatively, you can use this app can break.
image: http://cdn.digital.guide/4-3-3-5-notepad-trick.png

What happens?
You might have seen that reopening the file will get show you some unicode characters
instead of what you typed (Bush hid the facts or this app can break).
Why this happens?
Both the patterns have characters string of length 4-3-3-5 which seems to cause bug in
Windows PC. So, this trick works