There's a difference between the "Notepad app" and notepad.exe. The Notepad app has the AI and all the new stuff in it. But the old C : \windows\system32\notepad.exe still exists, and is unencumbered ...

I use notepad.exe on an XP SP3 machine. I've lately noticed that the paper size is defaulting to A4, and I can't seem to switch it back to Letter. I've changed the setting in the Page Setup options, ...

You can re-enable original notepad.exe on Windows 11 by toggling its alias in Windows Settings. Notepad++ is a feature-rich ...