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I tested disabling Avast right after reboot. Same delay. I somewhat suspected it could be anti-virus related because Textpad opens in normal time if it is started from a Shortcut or Start menu. There is delay only when I open a text-file from File explorer. I wrote in earlier reply it went back to ...

I changed to Office 2022 -theme. Much better, thanks

And you surely don't have any additional "security" software installed which guards over programs/processes and maybe even gives windows of such programs a red frame? Such a software could also first "scan" a program to be started, resulting in such a long processing time (which you only experience ...

Notepad starts up quicker than TextPad because: 1. It uses an edit control which is already loaded into memory in other contexts. 2. It has a much smaller memory footprint because it has much less functionality. 3. It doesn't have to load its customised state. 4. It only opens one window. Having ...

I double click on a text-file in Explorer. ... Notepad, on the other hand, opens these instantly. I suppose through " right click > open with... ", which is not a double click. If yes: does TextPad still need that long when also using " right click > open with... "? Double-click indeed. My txt ...

I just updated to Texpad 9.52. Installation program wanted to close Explrorer, I allowed. Explrorer was closed but Installation program did not restart explorer. I restarted it manually from Task Manager but it was corrupted, Start menu was not opening anymore and Windows Settings could not be ...

After updating to Windows 11, opening .txt-files from Windows Explroer is extremely slow. I mean a situation when Texpad is not running and I double click on a text-file in Explorer. I just clocked it and it took full 34 seconds. Notepad, on the other hand, opens these instantly. Also: I Updated to ...

After updating to Windows 11, I found a red border around Textpad 9 -window. I tried toggling on and off: Settings → Personalization → Colors → "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" . It did not make any change. Initially it was turned Off. Textpad is my only program suffering from thi ...