TextPad aborts: searching for "." restarts program

[gcotterl]

When I search for a period ( "." ) -- the Regular Expression box is not ticked -- TextPad shuts down then restarts with an empty screen.

How can I prevent that?

[bbadmin]

Which version of TextPad do you have? Does this only happen when searching in one particular file?

[gcotterl]

TextPad 9.9.5 (released on March 14, 2026) for Intel64

The abort happens on all files

[bbadmin]

If TextPad creates a dump file when it crashes, please send a copy to the email address it gives you at the time.

[gcotterl]

TextPad doesn't create a dump file; it just closes down then opens a new empty file

[bbadmin]

I can't reproduce this. Does it make any difference if the regular expression box is checked? Does it occur when searching for any other single character?