Open Workspaces in new Instance of Textpad

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I think that newly opened workspaces should be able to open in new instance of textpad

Important, even if speed/efficiency is decreased/degraded.
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Somewhat important
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I'm okay either way
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Unimportant, even if speed and efficiency remain unaffected
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Open Workspaces in new Instance of Textpad

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Can there be a setting which will tell Textpad to always open workspaces in a new instance of Textpad. If I have a workspace that I am working with, and I click on a different workspace it launches in the most recently opened Textpad instance, closing out the workspace that is currently opened in it.

current work around is to open blank instance of textpad THEN open new workspace.
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judging from the lack of response to this, i wonder if there is a workaround that i am not aware of... i can't be the only person who is annoyed by this ... issue... anyone?
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Post by MudGuard »

You could change your windows settings for opening TWS files

in Win 2K it is:
Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types

search for TWS, click on Advanced, select the open command, then click on edit.

Add the "-m" switch to the command.
Remove (if existing) the -s switch and remove the check at "use DDE"
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Post by VoxEcho »

Ah! that's lovely! thank you.

Um, can you point me to where i would have found that (and other) nifty piece of information?

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In the Textpad help file - under
Help - Help Topics - Contents - Reference Information - Command Line Parameters

And in the Help files for your Windows system.
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Post by VoxEcho »

any idea why the change doesn't stick when i reboot my computer? it went back to the old settings.

does textpad fix it's file accociations????
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Maybe the Windows Resurrection *) is interfering



*) or is it called windows reconstruction or windows repair?
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Post by VoxEcho »

i don't think so. none of my other associations are resetting. i am more inclined to think it's something that textpad is doing.
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Re: Open Workspaces in new Instance of Textpad

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I just needed to say YAY! i don't have to open a blank Textpad to load a new workspace!!! YAY! Thank you. now back to your regularly schedualed ... work
VoxEcho wrote:Can there be a setting which will tell Textpad to always open workspaces in a new instance of Textpad. If I have a workspace that I am working with, and I click on a different workspace it launches in the most recently opened Textpad instance, closing out the workspace that is currently opened in it.

current work around is to open blank instance of textpad THEN open new workspace.
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