Explorer: How to Set Default Path?

swilson7 · Post by **swilson7** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:01 pm

The Explorer panel opens to Program Files>TextPad5. In my case all work is with deeply nested files elsewhere (the 8th circle of WordPress) requiring a lot of repetitive clicking to get at a file of interest.

Any way to reset the default for Explorer?

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:34 pm

I think the Explorer pane defaults to TextPad's startup folder, which you can change as follows:

1. Click Configure > Preferences.
2. Click Folders.
3. Click Startup.
4. Select a new startup folder.
5. Click OK or Apply.

swilson7 · Post by **swilson7** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:28 pm

Thanks for helping. I reset the Startup path, Applied and closed. Oddly, when I open Textpad again, it still goes to Program Files > Textpad5 despite the fact that Configure > Folders > Startup now shows the different path I had set. Maybe it only takes effect after a reboot. We'll see.

Anyway, it's not exactly an intolerable hardship, so ... moving on.

shippee · Post by **shippee** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:35 pm

TextPad v. 5.4.2 Startup Path does not take for me either, on a Windows 2008 Server development platform with settings applied as an administrator, for what it's worth.