Lost my macros, document classes, icons...

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azflyer
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Lost my macros, document classes, icons...

Post by azflyer »

My C: drive became scrambled. Tech support for my laptop manufacturer erased my only full backup. :cry:

I am rebuilding my computer one program at a time after I reloaded Windows from their backup CD. I reinstalled Textpad 4.7.3 from my original download file. I copied the files in Documents and Settings/myname/Application Data/TextPad from another backup into the same folder on my C: drive. TextPad doesn't see my macros. It doesn't know about the new document classes I created. Most, but not all, of the .TXT files still show the Notepad icon.

I have TextPad installed on a desktop computer. Can I copy the program and all of the settings to my laptop?
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Post by SteveH »

You've got my sympathy. IT support here recently reset my Windows profile which cleared by TextPad settings from the registry. If I'd been more awake at the time I would have exported the settings first but am just having to set things up as I go along.

Give me plist files every time!
Running TextPad 5.4 on Windows XP SP3 and on OS X 10.7 under VMWare or Crossover.
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