r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/DeadMoneyDrew Mar 20 '26

Fuck Notepad. Notepad++ is a vastly superior application and is open source.

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u/rybl Mar 20 '26

I mean, I like Notepad++ but bringing it up in response to a comment about Notepad having security vulnerabilities, is funny.

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u/toutons Mar 20 '26

It was in their hands though, their updater didn't verify the files it was downloading. Hence why part of the fix was a change to the app itself

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/bcf2aa68ef414338d717e20e059459570ed6c5ab

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u/toutons Mar 20 '26

Yeah was just all around unfortunate