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Windows 11 January Update Breaks Notepad, Snipping Tool and Other Apps

Microsoft's January 2026 security update has broken Windows 11 apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool, introducing dual bugs ...

Notepad gets new features, while it's clobbered by new bug — highlighting everything that's wrong with Microsoft right now

Notepad gets new features — including a dash more AI – but I'm betting this isn't what most Windows 11 users want ...

Microsoft adds more AI features to Notepad in latest preview update

Microsoft has released a preview update for Windows 11 Insiders that adds AI features and easier formatting options to ...

Notepad on Windows 11 PCs are getting Copilot-powered AI features: Report

Microsoft is reportedly expanding Notepad on Windows 11 with Copilot-powered text streaming and richer Markdown support, ...

Microsoft updates Notepad and Paint with more AI features

Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders.
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Microsoft admits it accidentally crashed apps like Notepad, Paint, Snipping Tool on Windows 11, rolls out a fix

Microsoft confirms a server-side bug broke Store-based app activation, affecting apps like Notepad with 0x803F8001 error.

Notepad, Snipping Tool, other apps broken by new bug in Windows 110 0

Yet another bug in Windows 11 has left users unable to open apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool, as they are greeted with error code 0x803F8001.
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Microsoft says Notepad on Windows 11 is now “elevated”, as it adds new AI features (completely optional)

"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...

Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it

Microsoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.