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Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

somenameforme wrote: post #16

Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

notepad++ is great, though they have a dubious habit of dumping political messages on releases.

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Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by ceejayoz » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #20

Isn't Markdown how they managed to get a Severity 8.8 RCE into notepad.exe?

Yup. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20841

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

p_ing wrote: post #12

Fervicus wrote: post #8

Stopped using notepad when they added co-pilot. Stop shoving AI down our throats.

Just disable Copilot?

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Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by hypeatei » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

Notepad++ is solid but they had a recent kerfuffle involving their security practices and the response didn't inspire much confidence. But if you turn off auto-updates then it's a good alternative if you're still on Windows.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by reactordev » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

somenameforme wrote: post #16

Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

notepad++ is great, though they have a dubious habit of dumping political messages on releases.

Sublime is good too without the political rhetoric. It boggles my mind that windows users refuse the ways of vim.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by helle253 » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC

Notepad++ already exists, is more reliable, and already has a md support plugin

recent vuln asside (big caveat ill admit) idk why you would use notepad at all when N++ exists

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by bigyabai » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC

munk-a wrote: post #18

p_ing wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just disable Copilot?

At this point I'll just switch vendors. I don't have the bandwidth to babysit all the different ways MSFT tries to break tools to bother using them.

Yep, same as the "just disable notifications asking you to Try the New Safari!" contingency.

Defaults should not be offensive. If you try to kill me with papercuts, I will stop using your software and never look back.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by reactordev » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC

Longhanks wrote: post #4

They’re turning Notepad into what Wordpad was (or was supposed to be). Now everyone looking for the light weightiest *.txt editor must find a new tool...

Vim is The Way.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by dietr1ch » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

p_ing wrote: post #12

Fervicus wrote: post #8

Stopped using notepad when they added co-pilot. Stop shoving AI down our throats.

Just disable Copilot?

Just disable recall, copilot, ai, intrusive cookies, ads.

It's not fine just because you sneak a button to (temporarily) get rid of it. Just make features worth enabling instead.

Re: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown

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Post by SamuelAdams » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

pipeline_peak wrote: post #23

I don’t see why people are complaining. If you use notepad for txt files, nothing changes.

The concern is that more features introduces more risk. See CVE-2026-20841 for a recent example. If the application remained a simple text editor, it is unlikely exploits like this would be possible.

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-20...