How can Microsoft legally do that? Notepad++ is GPL-licensed open source. It's on Github.[1]

[1] https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

Notepad++ isn't [Windows Notepad](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9msmlrh6lzf3)

Hilariously related, the title of this topic now looks to me like "Notepad--"

And a minus-minus version is also available, which seems to be aimed at Chinese needs.

Oops, sorry. HN condensed the title to " Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – ...", and I misread that.