How to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.
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Someone made an unofficial 'Legacy Notepad' app after getting sick of Copilot

Who isn't by now?

Notepad gets a GitHub‑driven revival of the classic Windows version

Notepad has lately fallen out of favor with a lot of Windows users. I stumbled on a new open-source alternative that you ...
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Microsoft says Notepad on Windows 11 is now “elevated”, as it adds new AI features (completely optional)

"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...

Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it

Microsoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.

Microsoft Notepad and Paint are getting new AI features, for some reason

Notepad and Paint for Windows 11 are getting yet more updates, but Microsoft should really be focusing on other in-box ...

Notepad and Paint Add New Features for Insiders

Windows Insiders can try additional Markdown syntax features in Notepad and a new a fill tolerance slider in Paint.