Notepad Crashing in Windows 11? Try These 9 Fixes

One of these will do the trick

Notepad is asimple text editorthat has been around as long as Windows. WithWindows 11,Microsoft revamped Notepad with support for tabs and a dark mode option. But the new changes also sometimes cause Notepad to crash on Windows 11. This article will help you troubleshoot Notepad crashes on your Windows 11 PC.

1. Update Notepad

Update Notepad first to keep it from crashing with these steps.

2. Resize the Notepad Window

Some Microsoft users reported resizing the Notepad window solved the app’s crashing problem.

Click theRestore Downbutton in the top right corner of the Notepad window. Move your mouse over the edge of the Notepad window, click the left button, and drag the mouse to resize.

Resizing the Notepad Window is just a temporary fix. The next time you start the app, it could crash again. If you want to resolve the issue permanently, continue reading.

3. Perform a Clean Boot

A third-party app running in the background could be interfering with Notepad and causing it to freeze or crash. Perform a clean boot on your Windows 11 device to check if this is causing the problem. Follow these steps:

4. Repair Notepad

If you need to fix an app without affecting any data, you can always use the repair feature available in Windows 10 and 11. Try using the repair on the Notepad app and see if it keeps crashing after that.

To repair the Notepad app:

Once the repair process is done, try using Notepad again and see if this fixes the issue with abrupt crashes.

5. Reset Notepad:

If repairing Notepad doesn’t help you, and the app continues to close automatically, try resetting it to the default settings. This will eliminate any possible corrupted files or faulty data that cause the app to crash in the first place.

The reset option is available just under the Repair button. So repeat the steps from the above section, but instead of clicking Repair, clickReset.

6. Reinstall the Notepad App

It’s possible the system file related to the app is corrupted and bugged, and simple repair is not enough to deal with it. In this case, reinstallation will get rid of all Notepad-related files, and install new ones.

By reinstalling Notepad you’ll also get the latest version of the app that comes with all the fixes for known bugs that the developers were working on. Here’s how to uninstall and reinstall Notepad:

7. Run SFC and DISM Scans

If reinstalling Notepad didn’t solve the issue, you canuse the SFC and DISMtools to fix it. Both commands will scan your PC for damaged system files affecting your Notepad app.

Here’s how:

DISM.exe/Online/Cleanup-image/Restorehealth

sfc/scannow

8. Run the Check Disc Command

It could be thatissues with the hard driveare causing Notepad to close automatically. If you suspect this is the case, run the CHDSK command to find and fix these bad sectors. Here’s how:

Your PC will find and repair any errors the next time Windows starts up.

9. Install the Latest Windows Update

Pending Windows 11 updates can cause the OS to malfunction. If Windows hasn’t installed updates automatically, manually install them and see if this fixes the issue.

Here’s how you can easily check for Windows updates and install them:

Once the system is back up, open Notepad and see if this fixes the crashing issue.

By exploring these solutions, from the basics of updating your system to the nitty-gritty of going deeper with system scans, you’ve now got a toolkit to navigate those unexpected Notepad crashes.

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Notepad Crashing in Windows 11? Try These 9 Fixes#

1. Update Notepad#

2. Resize the Notepad Window#

3. Perform a Clean Boot#

4. Repair Notepad#

5. Reset Notepad:#

6. Reinstall the Notepad App#

7. Run SFC and DISM Scans#

8. Run the Check Disc Command#

9. Install the Latest Windows Update#