Windows 7 breaks Rt Clk Context Menu Textpad Open

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Archalien
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Windows 7 breaks Rt Clk Context Menu Textpad Open

Post by Archalien »

This (or something similar)happened w/ v4 and Vista and was fixed w/ v5.
Well in Windows 7 the context menu item exists but when clicked I get the below error message:
Is this a reg problem?
Any way I can fix/hack this working again?
Thx
Update: If an instance of TP is already running then it works, otherwise the error. ??

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Post by MudGuard »

http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad ... tions.html says:

# TextPad 5 is supported on Windows 2000 (SP4), Server 2003, and the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of XP and Vista.

# TextPad 4 is supported on Windows 95, 98, 2000 (SP4), Server 2003, and 32-bit editions of XP.


Windows 7 is not (yet) supported ...
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Post by Archalien »

MudGuard wrote:http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad ... tions.html says:

# TextPad 5 is supported on Windows 2000 (SP4), Server 2003, and the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of XP and Vista.

# TextPad 4 is supported on Windows 95, 98, 2000 (SP4), Server 2003, and 32-bit editions of XP.


Windows 7 is not (yet) supported ...
Yes Im aware of this.
Well Im running Windows 7 and would like to know if there is a possible workaround. If you notice I wasnt complaining, just asking if neone could help.
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Post by talleyrand »

I would agree in that it's most likely a registry issue, especially since it seems to work when an instance is already running. Unfortunately, my Windows 7 VM died and I haven't had a chance to restore it.
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Post by stikle »

I am seeing this as well. Right clicking a file and selecting Textpad from the root context menu produces an error: "The system cannot find the file specified.".

If I right click the file and then select "Open With-> TextPad" then it will open just fine.

I have tried disabling and re-enabling the "Put shortcuts to TextPad on: Context menu" to see if that would reset it, but that didn't work either.

So yeah, something with the way Windows 7 handles the context menu has changed. I'm sure it will be resolved by the time Windows 7 RTMs.

This was on the official Windows 7 x64 Beta version.
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Post by stikle »

Good news - I just upgraded my Windows 7 build 7400 Beta to the new 7057 RC1 that was leaked.

The main context menu entry for TextPad now works. I didn't reinstall TP or anything.

All it took was a full upgrade of the whole OS. Minor. LOL
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Post by Archalien »

SWEET!

Not Supported O.S. Ha!!!!

Not when it comes to a devoted fan/user base!!!!

(Too bad, knowing M.S., they'll prolly break it again haha)
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Post by stikle »

Still working in build 7068 x64...
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Post by Archalien »

Yeah Ive been dealing w/ it begrudgingly on build 7000 until the hopefully soon to be released (May) RC1 is made available, either that or when I do my hard drive upgrade in the next month or so Ill clean install the current msdn build. Im just glad its not an issue w/ TP cuz it could be 5 yars or more before the next release haha j.k. :P
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Post by stikle »

Still working just fine in RC1 x64... :)
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Post by Archalien »

I can also confirm full contextual fuctionality in Win7 RC1 x64 FTW!!!!
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