Comment by SilasX
1 day ago
This. It was infuriating to find Notepad got updated to a bloated app with rich text and Copilot. It's so different, it just should have been another program. The whole reason I use Notepad is because it's a simple, dumb, fast, predictable program. If I wanted the rich text, I would use any of the numerous other options!
And for the kicker, the update made it forget my font settings.
Wasn't Wordpad the rich text editor on Windows?
Re "just another program" - the old Notepad was deliberately designed with minimal dependencies so that even if everything else in the system went to hell you'd still have a working editor to try and fix things.
So, you're just screwed if you need a working editor in safe mode now?
This makes me want to suggest to Microsoft to have AI-enhanced safe mode. "Computer can't boot? Reboot to the Recovery Copilot and have this advanced spell-checker try to troubleshoot it!"
I recommend https://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html - it's even snappier than Notepad++
Use MetaPad - like Notepad.
https://liquidninja.com/metapad/