[JohnFen]

I don't find Notepad++ to be a good replacement for (the old) notepad, personally. It's too feature-filled. The big win of notepad was that it was genuinely minimalist.

[Night_Thastus]

It may have features, but you don't need to use them - and at least for me it starts up very quickly and none of those extras get in the way.

[JohnFen]

True, I can ignore them, but they're still a distraction and impact performance. For the use cases that I want the old Notepad for, Notepad++ isn't a great alternative for me.