forloopcodes/legacy-notepad

A lightweight, 25x fast, Windows notepad alternative built with C++ and Win32 API which I made because microsoft wont stop adding AI bloatware to notepad.exe.

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Windows Defender flags legacy-notepad-x86.exe as Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.H!ml 2 months ago

bug help wanted

forloopcodes/legacy-notepad

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A lightweight, 25x fast, Windows notepad alternative built with C++ and Win32 API which I made because microsoft wont stop adding AI bloatware to notepad.exe.

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