Tweak Library – Display status bar in Notepad

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Display status bar in Notepad

This setting enables you to display status bar in Notepad.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

The status bar is available in Notepad when the option is clicked in View menu since Windows XP. In Notepad you first have to Disable the word wrap before you can change the status bar setting.

Notepad is a tool, which every computer user finds easy to use. It is required to read and write text for notes, e-mails, batch files etc.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey “\Notepad” is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create DWORD value name “StatusBar”, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and make the value data “1” to enable the setting. Click “OK” and close the registry editor.

Restart the system.

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Enable Display Status Bar in Notepad.reg

The ".reg" file can enable the display of "Status Bar" in Notepad.

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Disable Display Status Bar in Notepad (default).reg

The ".reg" file can disable the display of "Status Bar" in Notepad.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

StatusBar

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "Status Bar" option is selected in the "View" menu and also the "Status Bar" is visible at the bottom after the changes have been made in the registry.

The "Status Bar" option is deselected and the "Status Bar" is not visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad] key, right-click on the "StatusBar" DWORD value and click on "Modify"

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.