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Posted by andreynering 14 hours ago

Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown(blogs.windows.com)
239 points | 376 commentspage 6
numpad0 10 hours ago|
psa: you can "uninstall" the bad sloppad and disable "App Execution Alias" for notepad.exe to get the better notepad back. just fyi
EvanAnderson 9 hours ago|
Just uninstalling the new "Windows Notepad" application is sufficient. No registry changes necessary. I've put a command line in another comment.
bor_real 10 hours ago||
So they kill Notepad, and then turn Notepad into Wordpad? It was supposed to be like this:

- Notepad: Plain Text

- Wordpad: Rich Text

- Word: Documents

Seriously? Markdown is the preferred method for rich text these days, so why didn't they just turn WordPad into a WYSIWYG Markdown editor?

They also shove Copilot into it, but that's a whole different problem. Who is this current iteration of Notepad actually made for?

ChrisArchitect 13 hours ago||
Janaury 21st post including 'additional' Markdown support;

Meanwhile, 2 weeks ago:

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971516

andsoitis 10 hours ago||
When I do agentic development with Claude Code, I use notepad to read/edit the .MD files, so this will make my life a little easier.
Someone1234 10 hours ago|
Why not use VSCode? It has native Claude Code integration and is literally designed for Markdown from the ground-up.
andsoitis 6 hours ago||
I probably will! Just new to Windows (back after 15 years) so still getting set up. I might prefer full Visual Studio; will see.
teki_one 10 hours ago||
This seems to be a product management hickup. Call it either something else or add the functionality to WordPad.
BenFranklin100 3 hours ago||
OneNote should officially get this as well.
semiquaver 9 hours ago||
Markdown is a superset of HTML. Does this mean notepad is now an HTML renderer as well?
5o1ecist 13 hours ago||
Wow, what a time to be alive in this year of 2004!

(2004 is the year Markdown was invented. Notepad got introduced in 1983 and actually predates Windows)

burnt-resistor 11 hours ago|
RIP Aaron Swartz for inspiration via atx.
throwaway85825 8 hours ago||
Why must they ruin notepad instead of creating a notepad++.
mactavish88 6 hours ago|
Can't they just leave it alone?
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