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Re:Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by phatfish on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @05:25AM (#46973260)
You can still open the real notepad, you just have to turn off a "feature" that makes running notepad.exe open the new notepad. Its called "execution alias" or something like that.
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Re:Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by tomNth on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:22AM (#46974043)
I just use the winxp wordpad.exe. (and calc paint notepad, and I use paint shop pro 4.12)
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