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Every Windows Feature Microsoft Killed Off Explained... Part ~ 3

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The video taps into nostalgia and a sense of loss for a familiar, albeit simple, tool that many users relied on. By framing WordPad's discontinuation as a "killing off" and contrasting it with the evolution of Microsoft's software strategy, it creates a compelling narrative that resonates with a broad audience familiar with Windows.

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This video explains the history and eventual discontinuation of Microsoft WordPad, a word processing application that was a middle ground between Notepad and Microsoft Word. It details how WordPad served millions of users for decades before being phased out in favor of other Microsoft offerings and third-party alternatives.

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Replying to @young_ray_7 Part 3 ~ Every Windows Feature Microsoft Killed Off Explained Ten Windows features Microsoft killed off over the years — from Internet Explorer's 27-year reign to the Android app layer that lasted barely three years before being completely removed. Covers IE, Media Center, WordPad, HomeGroup, Windows To Go, Cortana, Paint 3D, Mixed Reality, Timeline, and Windows Subsystem for Android, with why each one was built, why it failed, and whether it actually deserved to die. Some were bad ideas from the start. Others worked perfectly well but got replaced by the cloud before anyone noticed. One tried to replace a beloved app that nobody asked to be fixed — and the original survived while the replacement got erased. And the fastest rise-and-fall on this list went from flagship announcement to full discontinuation in under three years. #WindowsFeatures #KilledByMicrosoft #techhistory 00:00 INTERNET EXPLORER 01:30 WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER 02:58 WORDPAD 04:22 HOMEGROUP 05:43 WINDOWS TO GO 07:06 CORTANA 08:32 PAINT 3D 09:57 WINDOWS MIXED REALITY 11:22 WINDOWS TIMELINE 12:41 WINDOWS SUBSYSTEM FOR ANDROID