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skip0110@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It is possible to restore the old notepad.
I didn’t include a link because I could not find a non-spammy one, but a search finds a few. I did it on my work PC.
And switching to a FOSS OS is probably preferable, but that’s not always possible.
I didn’t try, but a lot of those simple old apps were able to just run without any dependencies, and you may be lucky to just be able to copy the .exe from an older system to the new one.
I actually have been enjoying the changes they did to it with new tabs and auto saving so you can reopen without losing anything. But wow, I never saw AI coming to this… I will need to find a way to prevent it from updating. Otherwise, I will also be going back.
Microsoft copied the features you like from notepad++.
The AI slop however, that is all Microsoft.
Yeah, I know. All those ideas weren’t new, but I was happy to see them. I use ++ all the time, but i also like notepad just for quick notes. It’s fast and lightweight. Today, I was using ++ a lot actually to edit firewall configs and scripts. They both have their place for me, but I will definitely be forced to give it up the day I am greeted with a check out our AI when opening notepad.
Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am pretty sure you can just remove the Notepad app on Windows 11 (not sure about Windows 10 though), or at least that’s what I did on VM. It removes the context menu option for creating a new text file (using new Notepad), but it restores old notepad that you can run by just runnning
notepadin Run prompt (Win+R), or by making simple shortcut.