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I have been using TextPad for many years and i'ts like my second brain - but I'm not very computer literate.
It has always been a problem that after a restart the files that were open did not automatically reopen.
Recently, all of a sudden, they all re-opened after restart! This was a true hallelujah moment!!!
BUT - it only did that for a few restarts of my computer and then stopped again inexplicably. So, back to the drudge of re-opening everything manually.
Could anyone help me and explain what happened and how I can restore this wonderful possibility??

(I have version 8.8.1)
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Have you checked the option to automatically save every few minutes on Configure/Preferences/Backup?
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Yes, but that isn't related to the issue. One still has to laboriously and manually reopen all documents that were open before restart.
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TextPad registers its requirement to be restarted after an operating system update, so I don't know why that's not working for you. If you save your open documents in a workspace, at least you'd only have to reopen that.
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Is there really no-one who can help? I really need the automatic re-opening after restart to come back, it was so wonderful!
Now it doesn't even reload a saved workspace!
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If you're still on version 8.8.1 try upgrading to the latest release, 8.23.5.
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bbadmin wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 2:35 pm TextPad registers its requirement to be restarted after an operating system update, so I don't know why that's not working for you. If you save your open documents in a workspace, at least you'd only have to reopen that.
WHICH VERSION?
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babette wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 2:13 pm WHICH VERSION?
As written: 8.23.5 from the downloads.
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