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Windows has a better Notepad hiding on the Microsoft Store — and it's free

I use Windows Notepad the way most people do: paste something in, strip out weird formatting, glance at a config file, and close it. That's the deal. It's not glamorous, but for years it's been ...
TweakTown

Extra features for Windows 11 Notepad go beyond worries about bloat, as new security flaw shows

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Windows 11's Notepad app is slowly becoming WordPad, after Microsoft ditched the latter, and made up for that (in a fashion) by adding quite a few extra ...
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Microsoft veteran rolls back years for bloated but still beloved Notepad

Dave Plummer’s TinyRetroPad revives classic Notepad simplicity, stripping away AI, telemetry, and unnecessary modern clutter ...
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Someone made an unofficial 'Legacy Notepad' app after getting sick of Copilot

Windows 11 Notepad got AI bloat and lost the simple, no-frills note app that users loved. Legacy Notepad restores that calm, lightweight, familiar UI and uses fewer resources than Microsoft's. It ...