Write it on a Rock

I typically run the standard version of Notes but every so often I want to get into Notes quickly and I'll launch nlnotes.exe to get the Basic client as it launches so much faster. Today I opened the Basic client hoping to get in to the Designer Client for a quick change to an application and got this message:

This worked fine in 8.0.2 but I guess the overhaul done to the Designer client won't allow this to run on 8.5. Does anyone know if this functionality (launching Basic Designer from a Standard install) is gone for good?