Textpad hangs/crashes when accessing OneDrive

[jkcohen]

Hi! I am finding that TP 9.4.1 does not play well with OneDrive. When I try to open or save a file in OneDrive using TP, there is a minute-long (if not longer) delay, during which the machine may freeze or operate very slowly. I am starting to avoid TP because I can't risk the program crashing and losing an unsaved file. Any help would be gratefully received.

[IanOfYork]

Save your files in a "real" directory — which is later synced with your cloud backup?

[AmigoJack]

Just one topic ago you could have read things to try out. Since "OneDrive" is a network share go for #4 in the following list.

Similar topics:

1. Hang / crash on File Open
2. Save/Save-As Folder List "Jump to" Help/Request
3. Ctrl-A to Open Multiple Files
4. TP 9.1 hangs with network shares after upgrade from 8.15, including "disable .editorconfig file processing on Configure/Preferences/Editor"
5. Bug: TextPad 9 Not Responding
6. long freeze/delays with save on local (C:) drive

Core quotes of potential fixes:

Try avoiding the themed dialog, because 9.x doesn't use Windows' native GUI anymore and as a result the 3rd party GUI provider hasn't fully imitated every aspect.

Toggling the 'Workspace follows active file' OFF and ON again seems to have "fixed" the issue.

Does it make any difference if you disable .editorconfig file processing on Configure/Preferences/Editor?

[bobbydurrett]

I'm having hanging issues with 9.4.1 also. It seems to have the same problem with or without onedrive. What is the best way to revert back to textpad 7?

[AmigoJack]

Download > TextPad 7 still offers 7.6.4 from 2017-03-07.

[bobbydurrett]

Oddly enough it does the same thing with Textpad 7. If I double click on an associated file or a file that is a link it is slow. But if I open a file with textpad it is fast. Also fast command line. Also, if one file is open the second one is fast. Nice. I double click on files through links all day long. I don't know how long I've used Textpad 7 with no problem. I just switched to 9 to get the BOM on UTF-16 files.

[AmigoJack]

Sounds like the combination of OneDrive and Windows' Explorer is the issue, not TextPad. Since at least Windows 7 the Explorer scans most (if not every) selected file(s) for metadata, f.e. picture files to then display in the status bar their dimensions (width and height). But it would be unusual for TXT files, as they never have metadata.

Which file extensions do you open with TextPad and which Windows version do you have?