How to activate and experience the new interface of Notepad in Windows 11

If you are a user who loves Notepad on Windows, then congratulations, Microsoft has started the process of 'overhauling' this entire application, and the test version has also been released by Microsoft to users participating in the program. Windows 11 Beta program.

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How to activate and experience the new interface of Notepad in Windows 11

The new Notepad will put on a new, more modern interface and match the overall look of Windows 11. Besides, some features and changes are also applied to make using Notepad more convenient. more beneficial and will probably make you forget about other minimalistic CODE or editor software.

Currently, the new Notepad in Windows 11 is still in the development stage and is not available to all users, but if you want, you can experience it first through the following instructions.

How to activate and experience the new interface of Notepad in Windows 11

The first condition for you to activate and experience the new interface of Notepad is that you need to install the latest Windows 11 Beta version.

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After meeting the conditions, please visit this website https://store.rg-adguard.net/.

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Select "ProductID", then enter the ID of the new Notepad as "9msmlrh6lzf3", and select "Fast". Then click on the check mark icon to confirm.

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Scroll to the bottom of the list of files listed and tap the last line.

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Proceed to download the file in the format ".msixbundle".

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After the download is complete, use some decompression software like 7-Zip and proceed to decompress the packet.

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When decompression is finished, find the package "NotepadApp_11.210.64.0_x64" and right-click it, select "Show more options".

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Continue to click the command to unpack the packet.

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After decompressing, right click on the file "AppxManifest.xml" and select "Edit".

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Find the line "MinVersion" and change its value to "10.0.220000.0", then save.

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Now proceed to delete 04 files "AppxMetadata", "[Content_Types].xml", "AppxBlockMap.xml" and "AppxSignature.p7x".

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Once deleted, open Settings and enter the keyword "Developer", then click on the Developer Settings result. Proceed to switch to ON in Developer Mode, and press YES to confirm.

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Next, start Open Powershell with Administrator rights and enter the command "Get-AppxPackage -allusers *notepad* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers" and press the ENTER key to proceed to remove the old Notepad.