Click second file in explorer: reuse TextPad window ???

adelara · Post by **adelara** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:24 pm

TextPad 5.3.1
Windows 7 Enterprise, 64bits

I am looking a list of several files in Windows Explorer, so I double click one of them and TP comes up alright.

Now, I double-click a second file and another instance of TextPad opens.. which I rather not.

Is this a Windows setting, or a hidden TP setting ? I want only one TP window and the next file to open in new tab.

Thanks.

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:14 pm

How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.

adelara · Post by **adelara** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:46 am

ak47wong wrote:How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.

No, it's not exactly hidden, but, gawsh !!! I didn't see it there before... nevertheless... I had big hopes and it didn't work as I expected

... the second file that is clicked on Explorer opens another instance of TP...

adelara · Post by **adelara** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:07 pm

adelara wrote:
ak47wong wrote:How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.
No, it's not exactly hidden, but, gawsh !!! I didn't see it there before... nevertheless... I had big hopes and it didn't work as I expected ... the second file that is clicked on Explorer opens another instance of TP...

Looked a little more this morning... The TP help on this setting states:

Allow more than one instance of the program to run at a time. Note that an existing instance will open any files double clicked in Explorer, if the association is configured to use DDE messages

By coincidence, I had regedit open on .txt key of :

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

so I deleted the .txt key which had Notepad and textpad in it. BAM ! Started to work right away.

Don't ask why or how... I'm just as happy it is working now.