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I do the same. People often reference CTRL+SHIFT+V without realizing that it isn't a Windows feature, the destination application needs to implement it (which several popular applications do, but not all).

Notepad is a great "scratchpad" application for clearing format/re-arranging data/fixing copy mistakes/etc. Plus leaving little short-duration notes to myself (with Sticky Notes for longer term reminders).

The fact it is a window-ed application on Windows is a major perk in 2021 when nearly no application behaves in a standard way anymore. That's why I use Notepad++ for different things than Notepad: It is more powerful, but takes longer to open, and has tabs which is a detriment for my usage of Notepad (I want fast taskbar switching) but a benefit for how I use Notepad++.

Notepad++ is great for Show Symbol -> Show All Characters, Encoding, and RegX/Extended Search&Replace in particular. Regular Notepad as a glorified clipboard helper.