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Thanks for the pointer. Works like a charm.

Oh I see, you're right.
I see the connection to "Replace Notepad".
Probably associating all extensions explicitly (as you said) is the best way to go. Thanks for the clarification.

Assume you have alist of 100 files in the Clipboard, one per line. How to load them into TextPad in one go? For a small number of files, Ctrl-O with "a1.txt" "a2.txt" ... works, but only those files are loaded which fit into the first 256 characters of this "File Name". Remaining files are silently ...

Assume you have 100 files loaded. Do a nice all-documents search and replace. 40 files get changed. One needs a "Save All Changed and Close" function here, so that only the unchanged 60 files remain open, ready for further processing. Existing "Save All" function (which really is a "Save All Changed ...

There is a simpler way:

Search / replace "^......" with "\i(9000010,10)", then
Search / replace "^9" with "".

That seems to have done the trick. It appears to be linked to the "Replace Notepad" functionality. Can we learn the exact condition under which a new TextPad instance gets created under Windows 7? I don't "see" right now under which conditions new instances are created. Of course, I want my "one ...

Wouldn't it be a solution that Textpad moves automatically to its own program folder as soon as there are 0 documents open? (The program folder couldn't be renamed anyway since textpad.exe is running) This issue is present in Windows 7 still. I want to use that function (not disable it) and still ...