You can turn this off in notepad settings.

True, but I may as well just use a different, actually lightweight application instead.

...and the destruction of Notepad and Paint for my uses cases is nearly complete.

> Notepad now also comes with a welcome screen designed to help users discover the appțs newest features, a dialog that will appear on first launch and can be accessed later through a megaphone icon in the toolbar.

Good lord. That notepad is now complicated enough that this seems necessary is really damning.