How to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.
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Think Notepad is Bloatpad now? Microsoft's new lightweight text editor is coming to Windows 11

TL;DR: Microsoft is ushering in a lightweight text editor for Windows 11 called Edit, which it says pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor experience, but with a suitably modern interface. It's ...
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Modern Windows Apps Are Too Heavy: 10 Lightweight Alternatives to Make Your PC Run Faster

The new crop of default Windows apps is too resource-hungry and inefficient — ditch them for these lightweight alternatives ...

5 essential Windows apps you won't find on Linux

From Photoshop to ShareX, we found the "software walls" that keep Linux users coming back to Windows.
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Windows Photos adds fancy editing features from other Microsoft apps

Microsoft is adding ways to make the Windows Photos app much more powerful, combining elements of the elegant Designer app and making Photos more of a centerpiece for visual editing. Microsoft is ...
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Microsoft PowerPoint Is Getting Copilot AI Photo Editing

Microsoft is adding Copilot-powered photo editing to PowerPoint, letting users edit images with prompts. Rollout starts in ...