• @ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz
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    25 days ago

    One of the uses of notepad was also that it’s installed by default, and was a place you could be assured wouldn’t mess with your text. No formatting, no weird characters you didn’t ask for.

    Notepad++ is great, but you can’t be assured it’s installed on any arbitrary Windows machine.

    • @BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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      25 days ago

      And ephemeral unless you specifically wanted to save something. Since I got win 11 at work instead of disappearing on reboot the next time I open it I get 50 fucking notepad instances and I can’t find the actual doc that would’ve been useful to save because its in a background tab. Fuck this shit.

      • Echo Dot
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        13 days ago

        Oh my god that drives me nuts. I haven’t saved it so why is it still here?

      • @T156@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        You can turn it off, but the fact that you have to go into the settings and toddle about is ridiculous.

        It’s a notepad, why does it even need settings to twiddle?

    • @AngryRobot@lemmy.world
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      05 days ago

      Can’t you install Notepad++ to a thumb drive and run it by just plugging it into a Windows box? As a bonus, you can save Ann your text files to the thumbprint so they’re always right where you expect them.

        • Echo Dot
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          13 days ago

          I don’t have admin privileges and can’t install Firefox on my work computer but I can install Firefox on a thumb drive and then run it from the thumb drive because IT admins are idiots