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kinda frustrating using a large usb drive that floats between machines, and may not be there when Textpad is asked to open a file on it using "recent files."

Lotta files embedded deep within different paths, but, if I forget to plug the drive in and try to open a file I was working on the day before, Textpad offers the "path not found" and _removes_ the filename from the recent files list so that it's no longer there when I try to open it again, leading to both a search through deep paths as well as having to determine which copy I had been working with.

Strongly suggest that you leave the listing there as it does no harm where removing the entry does.

TIA
Beverly Howard

This would certainly have to be an option that can be turned off. As a matter of fact, I'd prefer non-existing files to be removed from the "Recently used files" automatically.

This behaviour irritates me, too (although I agree with Berend that turning it off should be optional).

The trick is to leave the current TextPad instance alone; it hasn't saved the recently-used-file list in the registry yet. Open a second TextPad instance, then close the first instance, then close the second instance. The list is now back where it was.

>> The trick is to leave the current TextPad instance alone <<

catch 22... my settings only allow one instance

>> make it optional <<

No argument on that.

Beverly Howard

bevhoward wrote:>> The trick is to leave the current TextPad instance alone <<

catch 22... my settings only allow one instance ;-)

OK, before closing textpad, run this command from a DOS-prompt: Then, close textpad and doubleclick the file you just created (recentfiles.reg)

>> regedit <<

many thanks

Beverly Howard