Default document folder

CWBillow · Post by **CWBillow** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:06 am

When Textpad starts, it looks in the User's Documents folder as the working folder.

I easily could be just missing it, but how the heck do I change or set the default working folder, either on a per instance basis or permanently?

Regards,
Chuck Billow

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:02 am

Click Configure > Preferences > Folders and then change the value for Startup.

CWBillow · Post by **CWBillow** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:24 am

That works if I call Textpad directly. But if I have the option set to replace notepad.exe, first, I'm not sure then which notepad.exe is being called [there are several in folders under C:\WINDOWS], and secondly, it then instead defaults my startup folder to the User folder instead of whatever is set in the Preferences.

So how can I control that?

Regards,
Chuck Billow

ACRobin · Post by **ACRobin** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:26 am

I think your problem is that you have "Working folder follows active document" in "Preferences-> General"; so when you open a document it then sets it as the current location.