If I wanted to open a particular text file, I would just type notepad d:\notes\todo.txt in the Start Menu's search field, press Enter on the keyboard, and my text file opens.

Combining everything so far, you could create a new file called "backup.bat" either in a text editor, such as Notepad or Vim, or through the command line with the command "edit backup.bat". Use ...

You can make Text files open directly in Notepad++ instead of Notepad in Windows 11/10. Learn how to make Notepad++ as the default Text Editor.