Notepad Tricks: Cool Notepad tricks for Windows

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"

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

Upon running the bat file, you will see the "Matrix falling code" effect.

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 and save the file as Tricks.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.

Make a Personal Diary(Log) with Notepad

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 .

Make your Computer Welcome You

Make Windows Greet you with a Custom Voice Message at Startup

To use this trick, follow the instructions given below:-

1. Click on Start . Navigate to All Programs, Accessories and Notepad.

2. Copy and paste the exact code given below.

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

3. Replace Username with your own name .

4. Click on File Menu, Save As, select All Types in Save
as Type option, and save the file as Welcome.vbs

5. Copy the saved file.

6. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows XP) and to C:\Users\
{User-Name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows 8, Windows 7 and
Windows Vista) if C: is your System drive. AppData is a
hidden folder. So, you will need to select showing hidden
folders in Folder options to locate it.

7. Paste the file.
Now when the next time you start your computer, Windows
will welcome you in its own computerized voice.

Note : For best results, it is recommended to change sound scheme to No Sounds.
You can change the sound scheme to No Sounds by following the steps given below:-

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Then click on Switch to Classic View.
3. Then Click on Sounds and Audio Devices.
4. Then Click on the Sounds Tab.
5. Select No Sounds from the Sound Scheme option.
6. If you wish to save your Previous Sound Scheme, you
can save it by clicking Yes in the popup menu.
7. Click on OK.

Try it yourself to see how it works. In my personal opinion,
this is an excellent trick. Whenever I start my PC in front of
anybody and the PC welcomes me, the fellow is left
wondering how brilliant a computer do I have.