Markdown support and the like are useful but their need to cram AI and account sign-in into it definitely seemed over the top. When they got rid of Wordpad I kind of anticipated them trying to pivot Notepad more in that direction.
replyFor what it matters, Windows Server 2025 still has the edit field in a wrapper.
replyThey all still do, just like the old Explorer context menu. It's what you get when you remove the new abomination.
replyIs that old still provided?
replyYes, it’s still under C:\Windows\notepad.exe, probably for backwards compatibility.
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