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Hello

When I right-click a document and select the "Open with..." option to open the document in TextPad, the program opens, but the document doesn't open.

If I use the "Send To" option though, the document does open in TextPad.

How do I get the document to open in TextPad using the "Open with..." option?

Regards
Martin

Found the answer, and it was an obvious, and simple one, damn it.

To make sure that wherever I wanted to save any files made using TextPad, I set the compatibility to run this program as an administrator.

I wondered what would happen if I removed the administrator option, and lo, it worked. Right-clicking on the document now, and choosing opening in TextPad works.

Can't believe that was all it needed.

Thanks for letting us know the cause. This behavior is controlled by Windows User Account Control security, which restricts interaction between different privilege levels. A standard File Explorer (low privilege) cannot send data to an application running as administrator (high privilege). This applies to dragging and dropping files as well.