In their defense, that wasn't Notepad's original purpose in life, hence it's name. Microsoft unsuccessfully tried to supplant Notepad and Paint but met harsh r

In their defense, that wasn't Notepad's original purpose in life, hence it's name. Microsoft unsuccessfully tried to supplant Notepad and Paint but met harsh resistance because there is a disconnect between what these Apps were originally intended for and how people actually use them day to day. Snip & Sketch comes really close to replacing Paint for 80% of my needs, but I often use Paint to quickly mockup UI, something you can't easily do in S&S yet. There's nothing from Microsoft that even approaches replacing Notepad for me. Notepad++ is my preferred editor but even it is overkill.