When I double-click on a text file, TextPad 4.5 opens but says it cannot find all or part of the file it's trying to open. Then it wants to create new versions of these exisiting files. It just started doing this recently.
Using Send To to send the file to TextPad works fine. Right-clicking on the file and choosing TextPad works fine. Every way works but the most common way!
Any ideas?
System: PIII 600, Asus mobo, 256MB RAM, Win98SE.
Thanks,
Randall Ashley
Txt files don't open on dbl-click
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Jens Hollmann
Re: Txt files don't open on dbl-click
Wasn't there a posting like this some time ago? Unfortunately you have to look in your settings for file associations. You get this in the Windows Explorer when you click "Options..." and choose the "file type"(?) tab.
There you have all the actions that will be performed when double-clicking on a file. Search for text-files with the txt-extension which is difficult because the list is not sorted by extension!
Click on Edit and in the list of actions choose "open" and click on Edit again. My settings for "open" are:
application to start: "c:\Programme\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe" -s
Use DDE is checked
the DDE-message is: [open("%1")]
application: TextPad
Theme(?): System
Maybe there are some missing quotes in your settings. You don't need to use DDE for this. In that case the application to start should just be TextPad without the "-s" and the given parameter something like "%1".
HTH
There you have all the actions that will be performed when double-clicking on a file. Search for text-files with the txt-extension which is difficult because the list is not sorted by extension!
Click on Edit and in the list of actions choose "open" and click on Edit again. My settings for "open" are:
application to start: "c:\Programme\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe" -s
Use DDE is checked
the DDE-message is: [open("%1")]
application: TextPad
Theme(?): System
Maybe there are some missing quotes in your settings. You don't need to use DDE for this. In that case the application to start should just be TextPad without the "-s" and the given parameter something like "%1".
HTH
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Randall Ashley
Re: Txt files don't open on dbl-click
My settings seem to be the same (except for TextPad's being in \Program Files).
The "open" action starts TextPad: "C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\"
Use DDE is checked.
DDE Message: [open("%1")]
DDE Application Not Running: Blank
Topic: System
I'll try unchecking DDE.
Thanks!
The "open" action starts TextPad: "C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe\"
Use DDE is checked.
DDE Message: [open("%1")]
DDE Application Not Running: Blank
Topic: System
I'll try unchecking DDE.
Thanks!
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borax
INFO: Txt file associations in Win2k and others
Hi,
I was also struggling with getting TextPad to automatically pick up .txt extensions (instead of Notepad). Got a lot of DDE and other things to do, but the simplest approach which worked was:
1. shift-right-click on a .txt file and say 'always open with textpad'
2. go to File Types in Windows Explorer - tools - folder options, and select
'Advanced' for the 'TXT File' type
3. Create new action, called 'OpenText' (or whatever), and make it the default.
4. In Actions, paste the following string:
"C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe" "%1"
NOTE: please note the quotation marks around %1
Hope this helps people, and sorry if this is a repost.
I was also struggling with getting TextPad to automatically pick up .txt extensions (instead of Notepad). Got a lot of DDE and other things to do, but the simplest approach which worked was:
1. shift-right-click on a .txt file and say 'always open with textpad'
2. go to File Types in Windows Explorer - tools - folder options, and select
'Advanced' for the 'TXT File' type
3. Create new action, called 'OpenText' (or whatever), and make it the default.
4. In Actions, paste the following string:
"C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe" "%1"
NOTE: please note the quotation marks around %1
Hope this helps people, and sorry if this is a repost.