Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad. ... If I need more features I just use Notepad++ or Notepad2.

A new version of Notepad for Windows 11 was released with support for Markdown, the popular markup language for all kinds of text. The update adds support for subheadings, italics and bold text, ...

Non-AI features in both Paint and Notepad should continue to work. Those that are not accessible due to a lack of a subscription may be grayed out in the apps.