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Hi,

Block select mode is one of my favourite things about TextPad, however it is always deselected when I launch TextPad.

Is there some way to turn it on and make it sticky across editing sessions? I've searched these forums and not seen this question addressed.

Thanks!

I found an easy fix / workaround to the launch hang problem. I turned off DDE for .txt extensions using Explorer.

Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> Select .txt -> Advanced -> Select "open" -> Edit -> Deselect "Use DDE"

In practise, after saving out of this dialog Explorer reenabled DDE, but ...

I am experiencing this problem too - on both my laptop and my desktop. I'm running Textpad 4.7.3.

The behaviour started within the last week or so, I'm 98% sure it started after I downloaded the most recent set of Microsoft security patches.

In my case, the symptom is that if an IE window is up ...