[3] After Windows 3.0, Write became capable of reading and composing early Word Document (.doc) files.

The executable for Microsoft Write (write.exe) still remains in later versions of Windows, however it is simply a compatibility stub that launches WordPad.

Being a word processor, Write features additional document formatting features that are not found in Notepad (a simple text editor), such as a choice of font, text decorations and paragraph indentation for different parts of the document.

LibreOffice 5.1 and newer releases can open most versions of Microsoft Write documents (.wri).

Microsoft stopped shipping Write when Windows 95 was introduced in 1995; 30 years ago (1995), Write was replaced with Microsoft WordPad which a few years later stopped supporting all the Write document (.wri) formats, this occurred when Windows XP Service Pack 2 shipped in 2004; 21 years ago (2004).