Really annoying - right click to open in Textpad.

[lklawrie]

Everytime I right click from the explorer window to open a file in Textpad, it also creates a new document (which I then have to close).

This is Textpad 6. Is there some new setting I'm missing?

Windows XP is the OS.

[ak47wong]

No, it's a bug. See here: http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php?t=11972

[Vic]

In Preferences -> General, ensure the Context menu is checked in the section 'Put shortcuts to TextPad on:'

That ensures only the file you want opened is opened not another blank document1.

Regards,

Vic

TextPad 6 on Windows 7 64-bit

[lklawrie]

The preferences ARE set that way -- it still opens a blank document in addition to the document I want opened.

[nvj1662]

Odd, but I have a Windows XP3 installation that does opens the additional blank document, but a Windows 7 installation that does not. FWIW.

[ineuw]

The preferences ARE set that way -- it still opens a blank document in addition to the document I want opened.

I also have this bug. I guess we'll soon see v6.2 released.

[rlgh60]

Yep. Same bug after updating from 5.4 on XP SP3. It does not matter if I open 1 or multiple documents through the context menu. All open and last one is a new document.

[Geo]

Just run ccleaner from piriform: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

go to Tools, Startup, Context Menu

You will see 2 entries for textpad. Delete the entry that has a blank entry in the "File: field, and there you go. No more annoying extra "Document" when you use the context menu.

I imagine that you could use other utils to manage this, but ccleaner is a staple proggie for me. I am an IT guy and use this tool on literally hundreds of machines with no problems whatsoever.

[rneuendorff]

I am on XP and just upgraded to 6.1.3 from 5.3.1 and I am getting the blank document when opening from the context menu, even though it is listed as one of the issues fixed with this version. I do see that Send To and Open With work as expected. I downloaded CCleaner and only have one TextPad entry in the Context Menu section, not two as the previous poster mentioned.

Any other suggestions?

[EDIT] After an uninstall and re-install, and a couple attempts of disabling and enabling Context Menu in the General Preferences tab, it is working as expected.

[pwatson]

This is still a problem in 6.2.2 when starting from a shell command line. Is there a fix or workaround?

[pwatson]

Below is a batch script that works for me.

===

@ECHO OFF
SET _VI_PARAMS=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

SET _VI_PARAMS_COPY=%_VI_PARAMS%
SET _LENGTH=0
:Loop
IF DEFINED _VI_PARAMS_COPY (SET _VI_PARAMS_COPY=%_VI_PARAMS_COPY:~1%&SET /A _LENGTH += 1&GOTO Loop)

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /L %%a in (1,1,%_LENGTH%) do if "!_VI_PARAMS:~-1!"==" " SET _VI_PARAMS=!_VI_PARAMS:~0,-1!
START "" "C:\Program Files\TextPad 6\TextPad.exe" -q %_VI_PARAMS%
SET _VI_PARAMS=
EXIT /B 0

===

NB: Remove any trailing spaces from lines. This may occur when using copy/paste from the web page.

[robertcollier4]

Try the following Registry script, should fix it. To use, paste the following into a blank text file and save the file with a .REG extension. Then right click on the .REG file and go to "Merge". You should also uncheck "Preferences > General > Put shortcuts to Textpad on > Context menu"

Code: Select all

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Removes the default ContextMenuHandler pointing to CLSID
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TextPad]

;Re-adds ContextMenuHandler manually that invokes Textpad via DDE
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
@="Textpad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Textpad]
@="&Textpad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Textpad\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\TextPad 6\\TextPad.exe\" -s"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Textpad\ddeexec]
@="[open(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Textpad\ddeexec\application]
@="TextPad.6"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Textpad\ddeexec\topic]
@="system"

[robertcollier4]

Another reason for this happening can be for when notepad is being called with file names with spaces in it and you have Textpad set to "Replace Notepad".

To fix: Search registry for all instances of following text:
notepad.exe %1
replace with:
notepad.exe "%1"

From Textpad help page "Command Line Parameters":
- An empty, quoted filename (i.e. "") causes a new document to be created.