Notepad editor Trick to create a .LOG file in Windows:

Watch this video tutorial to see this trick in action :


Notepad is a very simple and easy to use text editor in Microsoft Windows. It is generally used to create simple text file (Files which have .txt extension). It has very basic formatting tools such as font, font size, font style, Finding and replacing text, cut, copy, paste and select all and save option. In Notepad you can save file with ANSI, UTF-8, Unicode, big-endian formats.

There are lots of notepad tricks are available. Creating a log file by using notepad is one of them. Here I am going to show you step by step process to achieve this. Follow the given steps.

Step 1: Open Notepad (you may find it Start : Programs : Accessories)

Step 2: type .LOG into notepad. (.LOG must be in capital letters and also at the very beginning means at first line.)

Step 3: Save this file by Save option in the File menu.

Step 4: Close Notepad.

Step 5: Open the saved file.Oh....its really a magic. Notepad automatically inserts current date and time after last line.

Step 6: you can type your data there for that time and date and save the file again.

Note : If you put a space before (.LOG) then this trick won't work.

whenever you open this file notepad automatically inserts system date and time after last line.

I hope that you enjoyed this cool and amazing notepad trick.