How do we "restore" notepad after crash?

NotePad++ creates a backup file you might find at:

%AppData%/Notepad++/backup

This trick saved me so much time and work! I hope this works for you too!

No. Notepad is designed to be lightweight and minimalist.

There may be other notepad programs out there that may do what you want.

There are lots of text editors that have auto-save save functionality, two of note:

• Notepad ++ with this plugin: https://sites.google.com/site/fstellari/nppplugins
• EmEditor (not free version)