How to Create a Shortcut to Open Notepad. Windows 8 significantly changed the Windows interface, which can make it hard to find programs you're used to opening frequently.

By using Notepad and the Python interpreter, a programmer can write Python programs and execute them, or create "batch" files that can execute multiple programs, including Python scripts.

The new notepad looks like this. Notepad on Windows 11 that doesn't participate in the Windows Insider Program looks like this, and at first glance, it doesn't seem to make a big difference.