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		phatfish 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerab... 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.

tomNth 15 days ago [–]

I just use the winxp wordpad.exe. (and calc paint notepad, and I use paint shop pro 4.12)

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