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How to Stop Notepad From Opening Recent Text Files | Multiple Text Files In Same Window in Windows
Jul 1, 2025
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uh hello guys welcome to this video so
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in this video i'll show you how to stop
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notepad from opening the previous
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session files whenever you turn off your
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computer and again turn on by default
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notepad will uh open all the previously
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opened files so if you want to stop this
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simply open your notepad and you will
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see the settings option simply click on
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the settings and right here first of all
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opening files how the notepad will open
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your new files
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if you want to open it in a new window
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you will select this option rather than
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opening in a new tab select this option
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and then specifically when the notepad
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application starts for the very first
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time whenever you turn on your computer
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this setting this is very important you
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need to select the second option which
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is start the new session and discard
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unsaved changes
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uh by default it will be checked that
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continue previous session it will
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continue to
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open the previously opened files from
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you if you restart your computer so if
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you want to discard those previous files
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start a new session then you will select
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this second option and then after that
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just restart the notepad application and
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again open it so again restart your
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computer you will not see it will not uh
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open the previous files it will start
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with a new file it will start with a new
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window so these are the two settings
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first of all you need to in the opening
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files select the second option open in a
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new window and then in when notepad
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starts you need to select the second
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option start new session and discards
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unsaved changes so in this easy way you
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