Wow...is 5.2 really garbage?

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:50 pm

I just got a new machine (Vista Enterprise) and purchased 5.2. I installed it and every time I double-clicked any file associated with TextPad I got an error saying it could not find the file. What crap. I read various threads on here with various fixed and never got it to work. I uninstalled it and then installed 4.7.3 and it works like a charm. What gives? Does anyone know what is going on with this? Why do I have to use a version from 5 years ago?

By the way, I'm not trying to be offensive here. It is just that I've used the product for YEARS and have always loved it. But this debacle is just horrible. I installed on a virgin Vista Enterprise machine and it doesn't work, yet a version from 2003 works? Yuck.

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:42 pm

Well, I guess this board isn't too active. Is there any news of a version that actually works like it is supposed to on Vista?

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:21 pm

I think the board is pretty active. You just have to strike the right tone.

According to this thread there will be maintenance upgrade some time. It might fix your problem.

Andrew

kengrubb · Post by **kengrubb** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:10 pm

I just KNEW there was a reason I had not upgraded to Vista.

TP 5.2 rocks!

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:14 pm

Still hoping for a maintenance release. How LONG has Vista been out? Come on guys. We paid for this software, it'd be nice if it worked on the platforms it is SUPPOSED to work on.

In hindsight I should've tested 5.2 out on Vista before I paid the money. But I'd had such good luck with 4.x on XP that it never occurred to me the new version would be BROKEN. And yes, when I double click on a txt (or other supported file type) get an error it is VERY much broken.

Post by **helios** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:35 pm

Have you tried redoing your file associations under Configure/Preferences/Associated files?

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:28 pm

Yeh, it isn't that. It gave an error saying it couldn't find the file. It looks like lots of other people had this problem. I installed 5.2 on a brand new Vista installation and it wouldn't work. Are you saying that this isn't a normal problem?

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:29 pm

It is this problem:

http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php ... highlight=

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:49 pm

Anyone? No?

kitimat · Post by **kitimat** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:14 pm

working for me just fine. 64bit vista & latest textpad. All I had to do was set the file associations.

perhaps you would get more responses if you you didn't come across like a troll.

kitimat

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:02 am

Maybe. But then again, when I pay for software I expect to get some sort of support. It isn't like this is freeware. And as you can see from the links that I gave it is not working for others as well.

PeteTheBloke · Post by **PeteTheBloke** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:23 am

You had me worried - I was reading this thread just before transferring TP from XP to 32-bit Vista ultimate. I took a deep breath and installed. It works like a dream as far as I can see. I hope you get your issues sorted out.

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:18 pm

Glad to hear it worked for you. I'm almost tempted to re-try 5.2.0 just in case installing it AFTER installing 4.x clears up the problem. Did you have an older version installed prior to moving to 5.2.0?

PeteTheBloke · Post by **PeteTheBloke** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:29 pm

For me it was a brand new install of TP on a brand new install of Vista on a brand new machine that I just built. No complaints at all.

As for Vista.... that's another matter, but I've committed myself to sticking with it now. Wish I'd just used XP though. This UAC s--t is driving me up the wall.

mrdctaylor · Post by **mrdctaylor** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:40 pm

Boy, did I make a mistake. As you can gather from this thread, I could not get a 5.2.1 installation on a brand new Vista machine to work properly. File associations never worked correctly despite the fact that I was doing everything correctly. I had to go back to 4.7.3.

I've been happily using 4.7.3 for almost a year when I noticed today that a new version of Textpad was out. I thought I would take a chance. Wow--what a mistake.

I installed it and immediately began getting all of the same issues with file associations that could not be fixed through normal means. I ended up uninstalling and re-installing 4.7.3 and everything was STILL screwed up.

I ended up having to work for several hours using 3rd-party de-installation tools (to remove screwed-up registry entries) before I could get back to a working version of 4.7.3. It was horrible.

I still cannot figure out why 5.x works for some Vista users but not others. I installed a 5.x version on a Windows 7 machine I'm testing and it worked fine. Go figure.