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See viewtopic.php?p=45822#p45822 for a utility to output the contents of the TWS files.

That is generally due to pasting in text from somewhere else – a web page or document that includes one or more characters that cannot be represented by the plain text encoding. They can be obvious things, like emojis, or less obvious ones like currency symbols and curly quote marks.
You have two ...

I manage this simply by never closing TextPad.
(... and normally using it full screen.)

Just upgraded to version 9.9 and now see a problem with the search.
The search works fine, but the output wraps within lines at seemingly random points.
Digging deeper, the output seems to have a CR/LF pair added at about 4k intervals.

Junction is not a native command in Windows 10 and needs to be downloaded as part of Sysinternals.
The native command would be mklink /j .

Subst has been a valid command through many version of Windows — I have it in scripts going back 25 years.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUBST and https ...

Reposting original legible post following vandalism...

You can also reduce path lengths by creating a "drive" for your files.

Include the following in the startup script:

subst J: C:\Users\jschw\OneDrive\Documents

That way, long file paths such as
C:\Users\jschw\OneDrive\Documents\~word ...

You can also reduce path lengths by creating a "drive" for your files.

Include the following in the startup script: subst J: C:\Users\jschw\OneDrive\Documents

That way, long file paths such as:
C:\Users\jschw\OneDrive\Documents\~word documents\sleep images.docx
become much shorter:
J:\~word ...

I sorted a list with ~10k lines, with [delete duplicate lines] set.
It sorted the file OK and correctly reduced the file to ~8.5k lines.
but
The message in the bottom left of the window reported "Deleted 1 lines".
Repeatable with different sort options re case etc.

Nudge ...

Version 9 only allows a tab group to be created on the right.
Dragging an existing tab to the right side shows a highlight — when released, the file is put into a new tab group on the right.
Dragging an existing tab to the left side does not show a highlight — when released, the file is ...

This is still a minor nag. Minor, because I leave Textpad running for weeks at a time as my life-IDE.

Each time Textpad starts up, my second custom toolbar moves one position to the right.
Once it reaches the end of the row, the first custom toolbar MAY then start moving rightwards.

Also, the ...

Thanks. I will adjust the toolbar accordingly.
Does Save All include the configuration?

The save configuration command does not update the TWS file (v9.5.0)

Windows 10 laptop with local SSD
Any file on the C: drive. Any mix of files. File itself is fine.
100% fail rate
Has crash dump...

I run with the document selector pinned at the side of the TextPad window.
Right clicking on a file listed there pops a context menu 9 options.
Clicking on most do as they say, except "Browse folder" – which crashes TextPad every time.

Sometimes, I do close TextPad. Generally this results in the toolbars being "re-organised".
Generally, a couple get swapped. Normally one or both are custom toolbars.
The "airgap" is normally lost as well.

See also # 13952 .
Logged as two bugs — while seemly related, they may have different causes.