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I think Foone has been asking about this for 15+ years at this point.

I'd love to see classic Notepad and MS Paint too.

I think that Notepad and MS Paint were part of the Windows 2000 or NT leaks.

But the most important part of notepad was the editing component, which was a standard win32 component, and wasn’t part of the leak. It’s also unlikely they’ll release it since it’s part of current windows.

The full XP (SP0?) source code leaked and is complete enough that you can almost build and install it as a working OS. It's still missing components (perhaps most importantly, winlogon) but there's a good chance the edit control is in there.

You can find torrents of the source code online and dig around in it if you don't mind breaking the law (or ruining your chances of being allowed to contribute to Wine or ReactOS in the future).

The edit control was part of the leaks. It's in editec.c and a few nearby files. Don't ask me how I know.

Thanks for the correction.

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