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! I use german version of my operating system, so certain names may differ from my translation !

Operating System I use: Windows XP (no idea whether this is the same on others)

Symptome: When TextPad is set as default editor for a specific type of file and one opens multiple files at the same time, windows will create a new instance of TextPad for each file.

Reason: The DDE execution command is not set correctly.

Solution: Go to the screen to edit file types (explorer->extras->folder options->file types) and hit the advanced options button after selecting the file type we want to open with TextPad.
Now hit the edit button and you get a new window showing 6 edit fields:

edit
"DRIVE:\FOLDER\TextPad.exe" %1
<EMPTY>
TextPad
<EMPTY>
System

now change it to

edit
"DRIVE:\FOLDER\TextPad.exe" %1
[open("%1")]
TextPad
<EMPTY>
System


Now you can open multiple files with your default editor: TextPad.

Sorry for bad grammar and stuff...

I'm using XP Pro with SP 2 and suspect that's a problem.

I've been using TP for years from Explorer, except for lately.
I applied the below fix (DDE = [open("%1")] ) and now can open a file with right click->Open but nothing else -- it just sits there.

So what do I do next?

Thanks,
Peter.

Janus wrote:! I use german version of my operating system, so certain names may differ from my translation !

Operating System I use: Windows XP (no idea whether this is the same on others)

Symptome: When TextPad is set as default editor for a specific type of file and one opens multiple files at the same time, windows will create a new instance of TextPad for each file.

Reason: The DDE execution command is not set correctly.

Solution: Go to the screen to edit file types (explorer->extras->folder options->file types) and hit the advanced options button after selecting the file type we want to open with TextPad.
Now hit the edit button and you get a new window showing 6 edit fields:

edit
"DRIVE:\FOLDER\TextPad.exe" %1
<EMPTY>
TextPad
<EMPTY>
System

now change it to

edit
"DRIVE:\FOLDER\TextPad.exe" %1
[open("%1")]
TextPad
<EMPTY>
System


Now you can open multiple files with your default editor: TextPad.

Sorry for bad grammar and stuff...