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Ex-Microsoft engineer rebuilds Notepad in 2.5KB using nothing but stuff Windows already had
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Only way I've found is to have a script that uninstalls certain apps using Powershell on logon. We are rolling out Notepad3 instead, it's better than UWP or classic, which they patched to nag you about the UWP version.
Wow, I didn't know there's been developments beyond notepad2-mod - thanks!