December 5, 2019

Microsoft Pulls Notepad for Windows 10 from Microsoft Store

Microsoft has decided to remove the Microsoft Store version of Notepad for Windows 10, instead choosing to focus on the native version that’s already bundled into the operating system. Back in the summer, Microsoft replaced the built-in Notepad app with a Microsoft Store sibling that allowed the company to ship updates at a faster pace. The native Notepad app is typically updated though feature updates that are released for Windows 10 twice a year. shadow seven gems gold

More frequent automatic updates for Notepad make sense especially given the number of improvements the application has received in the latest Windows 10 feature updates. But at the same time, there’s a good chance that the Microsoft Store adoption stats might have indicated that moving Notepad to this distribution platform could eventually be the wrong way to go, as a substantial number of users could end up running older versions of the software as they don’t use the store in the first place. "Less frequent updates" Microsoft hasn’t provided a reason for its decision to pull Notepad from the Microsoft Store, but instead explained that users who already pinned the app to the taskbar or Start menu will have to do it again for the native app. shadow seven gems gold cheat

The same thing for those who configured the Store app to be the default option for using certain file types. “Thank you for all the feedback you provided on the Store version of Notepad. At this time, we’ve decided not to roll this out to customers,” Microsoft says. The change takes place in Windows 10 build 19035, which is part of the 20H1 feature update due in the spring. It only affects insiders who previously installed the Microsoft Store version of Notepad. shadow seven mod

For now, it looks like Microsoft will stick with the original update approach, which means that Notepad could end up receiving improvements at the same slow pace as before. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Notepad won’t come back to the Store at some point in the future, but for the time being, it looks like the native app is the preferred choice going forward.