Notepad, the text editor that comes bundled in Windows is an excellent tool for text editing. But that is
not the only thing for which notepad is famous. It is also famous for its tricks and hacks. Here is a
roundup of some of the best and coolest tricks that you can try using Notepad.
1-Matrix Falling Code Effect Notepad
CMD (.BAT) Tricks
Inspired by the movie Matrix, this falling code trick is extremely popular on social
networking websites. Copy and paste the code given below in Notepad and save the file
as "Matrix.bat" or *.bat.
@echo off
color 02
:tricks
echo
%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%
goto tricks
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Upon running the bat file, you will see the "Matrix falling code" effect.
2-Make Your Keyboard Type (Any) Message ContinuouslyVBS
Trick
This VBS trick can make any of your friend's keyboard type any message continuously. Open Notepad,
copy the code given below and save the file as Tricks.vbs or *.vbs. You will need to restart your
computer to stop this. Try this after closing all important programs.
Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "This is a Virus. You have been infected."
loop
Send this file to your friends as an email attachment to see the fun.
3-Create a Harmless Funny Virus with NotepadContinuously
eject
CD/DVD drives
This VBS trick will create a code which will continuously eject all your connected
Optical drives. If you put them back in, it will pop them out again. Copy this code and
paste it in Notepad as Virus.vbs or *.vbs.
Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
do
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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
Double click to open this file and you will be impressed by this awesome trick.
4-Make a Personal Diary(Log) with Notepad (Easter Eggs)
You can use this trick to create a personal log with Notepad which
will automatically include the current date and time before your note.
To do so, open Notepad and type .LOG in capital letters and press
Enter. Save the file. Now, every time you open this file, notepad will
automatically insert the current time and date before the note. Just
enter your note and save the file each time after making an entry.
All these Notepad tricks are totally harmless and would not harm
your PC in any way. To close any of the VBS trick given, open task
manager and close the wscript.exe process. These tricks work on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows
Vista and Windows XP.
