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After recording a macro, I would always get a prompt that asked me if I want to save it. I accidentally clicked on a different option and now every time I finish recording it goes straight to saving it. I've looked and can't find the preference to change that back to prompting. Maybe I missed it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

This is guesswork, and it actually does not provide an answer, but I suspect it's in here.

%APPDATA%\Helios\TextPad\6\GUIState.xml

Thank you for replying. I am unable to locate that file. My Textpad actually runs via a virtualization client, which may be why. I am unable to modify my registry as well (under IT rule). I was hoping it was in a .ini file somewhere or in a setting within the program that I missed.

What version of TP are you running?

Also, try scanning your workstation for GUIState.xml

If you're using version 5, the preference to save macros is stored in the registry under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 5\Macros in the value PromptSave.

If you're using version 6, the preference is stored in the file C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Helios\TextPad\6\ConfigState.xml in the element:
(You can't use TextPad to edit this file, so open it in Notepad or another editor.)

The possible values of PromptSave are:
0 = Prompt the user whether or not to save the macro
1 = Prompt to save the macro (this is what you've currently selected)
2 = Do not prompt

Close TextPad and change the value in the registry or ConfigState.xml from 1 to 0.

Thanks so much for your reply. Awesome information, but unfortunately for me I could not access either of these since my TextPad launches via the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client (Softgrid) and those settings are stored server-side. I did figure out that I could go into the Softgrid console and choose repair on TextPad and it reset all my personal preferences back to default, including the macro save prompt.

You helped me though so thanks!