"Send To" problem with multiple files

SM · Post by SM » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:53 pm

Hi all,

I'm using version 4.7.1. Context menu item 'TextPad' works fine for me. But when I use 'Send To' to open multiple files with TextPad, I get a dialog 'OK to create <...>', where <...> is all selected file names slammed together with a space between each file. Single file 'Send To' operation works just fine.

This used to work fine for me in 4.6. Is this a setup problem or a known bug? Any help on how to get around it would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Post by **MudGuard** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:57 pm

How is your configuration set up, especially the
Allow multiple files on the command line

SM · Post by SM » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:02 pm

Aha! That was the problem. "Allow multiple files on the command line" was not checked. I've enabled that feature and now it works fine. Thanks for your help.

CyberSlug · Post by **CyberSlug** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:22 am

EDIT: yes you do need that checkbox checked

An additional thing to try is to use the -m command line switch for your shortcut to TextPad. "C:\Program Files\TextPad\TextPad.exe" -m

I set up my SendTo shortcut this way AND have "Allow multiple instances to run" UNchecked. This solution gives me the flexibility I want:
I can select 5 files to send to one Textpad window. Select 3 others to send to another window.... or if I wanted the 3 in the same window as the other 5, I could simply drag-and-drop the group of them to the open window.