Old notepad is still in Windows 11 at C:\Windows\notepad.exe

xaldir · 2026-02-11T15:51:13 1770825073

And they even put a nagware in it to point you to the new notepad. Oh MSFT.

petee · 2026-02-11T14:32:58 1770820378

Works great still, but now windows won't let me associate .txt files with it. God damn I hate the future

1970-01-01 · 2026-02-11T15:01:12 1770822072

     ftype txtfile=c:\windows\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

petee · 2026-02-11T15:34:09 1770824049

I can successfully set that as admin, but it doesn't change anything - file won't open and "open with" pops up an error still that notepad can't be used.

Edit: going with EmEditor; forgot that existed