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Click second file in explorer: reuse TextPad window ???
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:24 pm
by adelara
TextPad 5.3.1
Windows 7 Enterprise, 64bits
I am looking a list of several files in Windows Explorer, so I double click one of them and TP comes up alright.
Now, I double-click a second file and another instance of TextPad opens.. which I rather not.
Is this a Windows setting, or a hidden TP setting ? I want only one TP window and the next file to open in new tab.
Thanks.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:14 pm
by ak47wong
How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:46 am
by adelara
ak47wong wrote:How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.
No, it's not exactly hidden, but, gawsh !!! I didn't see it there before... nevertheless... I had big hopes and it didn't work as I expected
... the second file that is clicked on Explorer opens another instance of TP...
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:07 pm
by adelara
adelara wrote:ak47wong wrote:How about Configure > Preferences > General > Allow multiple instances to run? Not exactly hidden.
No, it's not exactly hidden, but, gawsh !!! I didn't see it there before... nevertheless... I had big hopes and it didn't work as I expected
... the second file that is clicked on Explorer opens another instance of TP...
Looked a little more this morning... The TP help on this setting states:
Allow more than one instance of the program to run at a time. Note that an existing instance will open any files double clicked in Explorer, if the association is configured to use DDE messages
By coincidence, I had regedit open on .txt key of :
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
so I deleted the .txt key which had Notepad and textpad in it. BAM ! Started to work right away.
Don't ask why or how... I'm just as happy it is working now.