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Microsoft Unveils Enhanced MS-DOS Editor and Copilot Upgrades

10/12/2025

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Microsoft Corporation announced a new version of the MS-DOS Editor, Windows Edit, which will soon be the default text editor in the Windows 11 Command Prompt.
The updated editor supports Unicode and files larger than 300 KB and is open-source on GitHub.
Microsoft is enhancing its Copilot app for Windows, enabling document creation from chat sessions and connecting Gmail and Outlook to generate Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.

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Microsoft Corporation announced a new version of the MS-DOS Editor, Windows Edit, which will soon be the default text editor in the Windows 11 Command Prompt.
The updated editor supports Unicode and files larger than 300 KB and is open-source on GitHub.
Microsoft is enhancing its Copilot app for Windows, enabling document creation from chat sessions and connecting Gmail and Outlook to generate Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.