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I got to this type of problems if I invoked fist time Textpad from elevated cmd prompt in W7 or Vista. There is one way barrier for sending of unelevated request (explorer rightclick does it) to open file to already running elevated program. So this is opposite symptoms as described by you. May be ...

Sure it is. But you save bunch of keyborad presses. For company wide upgrade it is reasonable time saver... There are lot of unattended install specialized sites where you can find info about install/unistall automation. Some are quite tricky, Textpad is clear... Isn't that the same as uninstalling ...

Probably this is bug. I hope it will be fixed in next release..... As I googled - Error 1648 - refuse to install if other version exist - (you can see it after unsuccesful update in eventvwr log viewer) is quite common problem in msi packaging, may be MS poorly documented MSI packaging options? Yes ...

See http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php?t=11983 TextPad's download page says: After you have downloaded the zip file, extract the MSI file, run it and follow the instructions. When I do this I am told: Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot ...

May be some error in MSI packaging config or some dificulties to implement msi update? Workaround: uninstall MsiExec.exe /X{3F04067F-0DA5-4F48-9A89-6FCFD2A9E040} /qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress and install new one msi: msiexec /norestart /passive /quiet /i "textpad 6.msi" It keeps config and license ...