Win11 Notepad session cache

I just played around in my Win 11 VM a bit. FYI/FWIW: * In the stock install, running `notepad.exe` (found in `C:\Windows\`) instead runs the new app. * If you uninstall the Notepad app (the AppX/Immersive/Metro/Modern/Universal/whatever-the-name-is-this-month variant), one can then run `notepad.exe` and get the classic Notepad -- except it has an obnoxious "A new version of Notepad is available" bar with an "Install" button. * If you copy `notepad.exe` out of `C:\Windows\` to some other directory, and run it, it silently exits. * If you also copy `notepad.exe.mui` out of the appropriate language directory (`C:\Windows\System32\en-US\` for me), to a corresponding subdirectory relative to the `notepad.exe` copy, it will then run properly. * The previous will work even if the new Notepad app is installed. So this is a potential solution for anyone who wants to make both available, without introducing new binaries. * If one copies the `notepad.exe` from Windows ***10*** the same way (with language file), it will run, and without the obnoxious bar at the top. * So one could, for example, copy the Win 10 files to `C:\bin\notepad.exe` and `C:\bin\en-US\notepad.exe.mui`, and put `C:\bin` in one's `PATH` before `C:\Windows`. * This then allows one to type just `notepad` at a command prompt, and get a non-obnoxious editor. * However, running `notepad` from the GUI (e.g., in Start search, or the "Run" dialog) still gives preference to the new app. * One can rename the EXE, as long as one renames the MUI to match. So if you prefer, `C:\bin\notepad10.exe` and `C:\bin\en-US\notepad10.exe.mui`

Yeah, I had kind of the same reaction, for the same reason. Notepad was my "this won't get saved" window. But then I had this reaction to the app-ification of Notepad in the first place. The major advantage to Notepad was that it was dead simple, very basic. It was basically an edit widget with a file load/save routine attached. This was good because it meant it could almost always run, even if the OS was half-dead. I expect some day soon it will need an Internet connection just to run. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go yell at some kids for how they dress.