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From memory, when Win 11 forces an update/restart and restarts any apps that were open, it doesn't preserve the checks in WildEdit folders from before the restart. But I suspect there might be some WildEdit .ini file somewhere (or command-line hack even), where (multiple) folder selections ...

WildEdit 2.4(64 bit) licensed software on Windows 11 Pro 23H2

Whenever rebooting my laptop (or Windows update running requiring reboot) I have to manually re-check many Dirs/SubDirs on a very large local hard drive. Any way to preserve the previous GUI Folder selection in a fresh, subsequent ...

Most kind..oops..well spotted..it was very late ! :oops:
The Doc Selector method doesn't work unfortunately and I actually need to Cut/Delete the Marked lines across numerous files not Clear the bookmarks. Sadly the Edit-CutOther-BookmarkedLines route also fails where all files are highlighted in ...

..the previous solution of: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43277512/how-do-i-cut-bookmarked-lines-in-multiple-files-with-notepad
no longer applicable as "Bookmark" option has been removed from "Search" on Main-Menu ?
Any pointers appreciated as have MANY bookmarks to remove (often) - not ...

Version- TextPad 8.1.2 (64bit) on Win10

Any smart way to avoid having to manually install ALL my previous TP Configuration Preferences on a new PC ? eg Copying over a TP Config file, or .ini file (ASCII readable), or Registery Export/Import ? (couldnt find anything obvious on a Registry search to ...

Thanks for assistance; couple of follow-ups:
TextPad6 - is there a WAY to ensure that RegExp box is ALWAYS checked on opening TextPad - cant seem to find an .INI file that wont then be overwritten as ConfigState.xml is (eg when manually unchecking RegExp box) - does such a "protected" .INI exist in ...

Any idea how to ensure the "Regular Expression" checkbox is always checked in the Search|Replace dialogue box on starting a TextPad6 session (Win7 Pro) - is there a TextPad .INI file setting I can edit to ensure it always is checked ?

Details - I use Textpad in a WinBatch batch file using SendKeys ...

Thank you for this.
Yes, I went doen the Perl route in the end..got their eventually - I can post Perl code on request if anyone needs ?

Thanks again

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May need to resort to something like Perl (unless you have any other suggestions - WildEdit ?)

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I have a large .txt (115,000 lines) that contains many variable length sub-sections stacked on top of each other; I need to extract each subsection text between Common seperators & save extraction to a seperate text file (with *.LOG extension). Need to automate process via macro (or other method ...

Where can attempt to learn S & R using wildcards & RegExps from concrete examples ? WildEdit Help has lots of stuff on RegExp etc but I cant find any examples of S & R using Wildcards ?

Nothing readily obvious on the recent Forum history either

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I want to extend a generic text line that is ...

TextPad v5.2.0 32 BIT

What is the current limit for the maximum number of Files Open at the same time ? Is the constraint the NUMBER of open files OR the size*number of open files ?

I am doing global edits/search & replace across approx 500 small .txt files - TP wont allow me to oepn all of them ...