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When I upgraded from 4.7.3 to 5.0, the previous syntax coloration settings were all turned OFF for every file type. I had to figure out how to turn them on again. IMHO, the upgrade should have preserved the all the settings from 4.x.

I saw some of the same problems. The installer didn't see, copy, or delete the user's application data files from version 4, and created a whole new directory structure in the application data folder for version 5, but strangely it still used the old files, even though the preferences options for ...

Same problem here...

I had to modify the htmlfile registry key to get HTM and HTML files to open in TextPad using the EDIT context menu for the file types, and in IE 6 itself , using the "known issues" suggestion from the help system. The -s parameter has to be changed to "%1" and the DDE key removed. So the key looks ...

This really, really has to be fixed in the next release! It was driving me crazy until I found the fix in the Forum. This wasn't a problem in earlier releases of TextPad, going back for many years.

Thanks for the fix -- this problem with .reg patches was incredibly hard to diagnose - it was driving me crazy! This really has to be fixed ASAP by TextPad's developers.

The icons are badly in need of updating, to XP-style icons -- this is most apparent when they're enlarged on the toolbars, as several seem to have never been intended for close scrutiny! It would be nice to have three options for size (the large ones are too large, and the small are too small), and ...