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Just a JSON file in Windows 11 enables Edge, Bing, and Search ads removal (winaero.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The way Windows buil-in text editor colors and formats JSON files in 2023...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I refuse to believe anyone ever opens microsoft notepad on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Depending on the system you're on it can be all you have. It's like Microsoft's vi, just so much worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I use it as a temporary text storage since my browser search bar copy and paste stopped working

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I disagree that that’s much of a problem. Notepad’s just a low footprint plaintext editor, period. It’s good enough for what it does. If you want something more advanced (with more footprint and start time), just use . I never saw anyone hating on echo and cat…