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I tried looking for out of pocket resources to redownload wordpad though I couldn't find anything in my quick 30-minute search. I might look more in depth later. It's cool that they offer a free limited version of word once again but I appreciate wordpad more. 
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If you can find an Win10 or Win11 system that still has it, you have to navigate to the C:\\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories folder and copy wordpad.exe, WordpadFilter.dll, and the personalization folder (Mine says en-US). You then paste them into the same folder on your computer, then run wordpad.exe so you can pin it to start or taskbar.