Opening several copies of Textpad

[DavidJ]

I have Textpad installed on another system, and on that system, when I double click on a document, it opens that document in the copy of Textpad that is already running. On my new system, it open up a new copy of the program each time I double click on a document. I would prefer to only have one copy of Textpad running at a time. How can I make the documents open in the already running copy of Textpad.

[Berend Hasselman]

Goto Configure, Preferences
Select General
Uncheck Allow multiple instances to run

This is documented in the online Help.
I gave the same answer several messages earlier.

Berend

[Guest]

First I 've installed TextPad 4.5 -> I could open several Instances of Textpad. Whenever I opened an additional file it was opened by the actual=last-used copy of TextPad.
Now - updated to 4.6.2 -> It seems as if I had to coose:
One TextPad-Task for each file (opened by the explorerer).
Or: just one single TextPad-task for all the files opened (from outside, explorer)

I'd like to get back the old version: Maybe one TextPad for docu and one for dev. And files opened by "right-click" added to the last used instance of TextPat.

How to get this ??
Thanks Robert

[Jens Hollmann]

Uncheck "Allow multiple instances" as a start.

Then create a new link to TextPad that calls it with "-m" as a parameter. You can calll this link something like "Another TextPad".

With this link (Icon on your desktop or quick launch, whereever) you get a new instance of TextPad even if there's already one open.

Then these instances should behave in the way you want it.

HTH

Jens

[Guest]

Hi Jens, thanks - it worked!
Robert

[jeffy]

...create a new link to TextPad that calls it with "-m" as a parameter. You can calll this link something like "Another TextPad".

With this link (Icon on your desktop or quick launch, whereever) you get a new instance of TextPad even if there's already one open.

Gosh, how cool. I never noticed this before, and was wondering how to do just this.