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I know this is kind of old, but it's not like the forum is all that busy...

My guess is that (almost) nobody has the same problem or knows a solution, as most users will have updated to more recent versions of textpad (4.7.3 is from 2004 - more than 15 years old ...)
The thing is that in most ...

I use TextPad as an editor, not for spell-checking. Consider it a bonus, not fundamental. There is other software out there which does a way better job for spell-checking.
I've used word processor software such as Open Office to spellcheck, but that often changes the file in way I don't want. One ...

I use Textpad 4 because in general it does everything I need and I have no desire to use a later version, especially after someone whose opinion I trust told me that I'd hate it.

Anyway, the one area where Textpad infuriates me is the spellcheck. I've made sure that there are no user dictionaries ...

If you go into the Spelling tool from the Preferences section, there's an Edit button that shows you the active dictionaries for a language and lets you delete the user-defined dictionary (in my case: $(UserDict)\U1033.TLX) or add/create a new dictionary. Seems like the place to look.
OK, I did ...

I have Textpad 4.7.3. I'm not interested in using any of the later versions.

I don't want to re-install it because I have a lot of macros that I've made and quite frankly, the way Textpad 4 handles macros makes it a royal pain in the ass to try to backup and restore them.

My problem is that the ...

This is a prime example of what can be done thru a regular expression: search for ^(.*)(\.[^.]+)$ and replace with phpar2 r \1.par2 \1\2.0*\ndel \1\2.0*
I've never been that good with using regular expressions. Every time I tried to use them, I end up spending half an hour studying the help file ...

So your macros rely on the clipboard - interesting. Up to today and for the first half of your reply I never thought of that you mean clipboard operations are executed thru a macro.
Yes, many of my macros rely heavily on clipboard operations.

For example, I had downloaded a bunch of split files ...

The problem is: who still has such an installation to be able to reproduce your issue? Even the developers might be unable to have those anymore, let alone would release a new version of such an old branch. I know this dilemma from both perspectives: user and developer.
I was hoping that it might ...

I'm sure the first question will be: Why am I still using TextPad 4.7.3? When I got my first Windows system, I wanted an easy to use, but powerful editor. A friend recommended TextPad 4. When TextPad 5 came out, I was ready to upgrade, but my friend advised me not to and listed all the reason I ...