Notepad - Tricks

Notepad Tricks: Cool Notepad tricks for Windows 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.

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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 (written in red color) 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 You will see effect like this:-

Matrix Falling Code Effect - Notepad Trick (RiyaTrick) Upon running the bat file, you will see the "Matrix falling code" effect.

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Make Your Keyboard Type (Any) Message Continuously-VBS Trick:-

This VBS trick can make any of your friend's keyboard type any message continuously. Open Notepad, copy the code given below (written in red color) 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")dowscript.sleep 100wshshell.sendkeys "This is a Virus. You have been infected."loop Send this file to your friends as an email attachment to see the fun. •

Create a Harmless Funny Virus with Notepad-Continuously 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 (written in red

color)and paste it in Notepad as Virus.vbs or *.vbs. Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollectiondoif colCDROMs.Count >= 1 thenFor i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count 1colCDROMs.Item(i).EjectNextFor i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count 1colCDROMs.Item(i).EjectNextEnd Ifwscript.sleep 5000loop

Double click to open this file and you will be impressed by this awesome trick. •

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.