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Thanks ben and ak.

ben, the problem only and always occurs if you start the search with the file as the top document. If you start with the search results as the top document it does not happen. Could that be the intermittant part?

Can someone with 5.2 try to duplicate this problem so I know if I need to check myself into the funny farm?

Here's the simplified and corrected way to make it happen:

Configure/Preferences/View
View Options/Dockable log windows
Search Results NOT checked.

Open a file.
Search / Find In Files ...

I just confirmed that the problem also occurs with Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 with Service pack 2.

Whoops. I meant to say ctrl-tab. Alt-tab takes you to other applications. Ctrl-tab takes you to other open documents.

The problem remains with ctrl-F6 (which is identical to ctrl-tab). It does not matter how you get back to a file to conduct the next search. The problem occurs when transitioning ...

Search results: keyboard up/down arrow keys don't work

One way to reproduce the problem:

Windows 2000.
Textpad 5.2.0
Configure/Preferences/View
View Options/Dockable log windows
Search Results NOT checked.

Open any file and select <1st string>
Find In Files <1st string>
Search Results window ...

I sent reply with the Dr Watson files in a separate email to you.

I uninstalled TextPad 4.7 and reinstalled 4.5 and the problem is gone!

Now the problem occurs whenever I try to open a document from Windows Explorer.

When I associate the file with WordPad it opens OK.

I just got a new computer running XP Professional (I was using NT 4.0) and after gaining administrator privledges I reinstalled TextPad. Now I get the following error message whenever (and only whenever) I close a document.

"TextPad has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the ...