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We have a site license for version 4.x. I can install and use version 4.7.3 on Windows 64-bit versions and I do. However, the context menu feature does not work on Windows 64-bit. This behavior is consistent on both XP-64 and 2003 server-64.

Is there any possibility of a fix for this problem?

Well, so much for that idea! Maybe there is no version independant way of detecting that TextPad is installed.

Here is my best guess in VB.NET 2005. Does someone have a better test? This would be hard to do in a simpler environment such as an installer. Private Function IsTextPadInstalled() As Boolean Dim value As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine If value Is Nothing Then Return ...

That works fine for 4.5 through 4.x, but what about TextPad 5, 6, or 7? The software I write is special purpose and is not enhanced often, so it needs to be durable far into the future. I also looked in HKLM\Software\Helios\TextPad, but I did not find any version independant keys that have values.

We have a program that creates text files. If the user wants to view the contents, we have an option to view them in NotePad. We have recieved a request to allow the user to view them in TextPad. While we have a site license for TextPad, installation is optional and not everyone has TextPad ...