Windows cannot find...

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:19 am

I have searched the forums and found http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4237 where a problem with documents not opening with prior versions of textpad and/or when the tip of the day was opening first... but I am still having problems.

When I attempt to open a .txt file, I get the "Windows cannot find '<correct file path and name>'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search." error.

If textpad is already open - it opens the file fine.

I have version 4.7.3.
I have reinstalled several times (cleanly with reboots).
Show tips on startup is unchecked.
File associations are done through textoad preferences and explorer.
Windows XP, SP2.

HELP!!!

helios · Post by **helios** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:45 pm

There may be an older version of TextPad still in existence on your PC, so please check the following:

In Explorer(My Computer):

From the Tools menu in Explorer choose:

1. Folder options
2. File types
3. Select the TXT file extension from the list
4. Click on Advanced
5. Click on Open
6. Click on Edit
7. Check that the file path to TextPad is correct

I hope this helps.

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:52 pm

Nope, this does not help.

First...

4. Click on Advanced - the advanced button changes to 'restore'

Second...

I have not installed another version on the machine as I rebuild the OS from scratch about a month ago.

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PS - If I select .txt documents to open with notepad - it opens without error.

helios · Post by **helios** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:35 pm

What happens if you make the association to .txt files in TextPad, rather than Explorer?

From the Configure menu choose:

1. Preferences
2. Associated Files
3. Under New Extension, type .txt
4. Click Add
5. Click Apply / OK.

Clicking on the Advanced button as previously described, should now reveal the relevant dialog box.

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:55 pm

Already tried that to no avail (I tried it again, but it still does not help)...

The 'Advanced' button still changes to 'Restore'...

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:12 pm

This problem continues and it is specific to textpad...

Post by **MudGuard** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:25 pm

Under which user account was Textpad installed?
Under which user account are you trying to set the associations?

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:46 pm

>Under which user account was Textpad installed?
Under the only account, an administrator account.

>Under which user account are you trying to set the associations?
Under the only account, an administrator account.

helios · Post by **helios** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:26 pm

Please try deleting the following key in the Registry and see if that makes any difference. Exit from TextPad first:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Recent File List

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:39 pm

I deleted the key, restarted and the error still persists.

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:15 am

Does anyone else have any ideas?

egirard · Post by **egirard** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:07 pm

Yes, I to have recently experienced this issue and cannot resolve it.

I've used TextPad for over 8 years now and 6 years on this specific laptop without issue. Now, all of a sudden, I cannot double-click on any text file to open it. I first have to open Textpad and then I can double-click to open files.

When I double-click on a file to open it, it's like Textpad cannot validate the Windows path to the file and continues to prompt you to create each directory through to the file.

Originally I had file .txt file association associated with TextPad
This yielded "Cannot find the file (blah, blah, blah) or one of it's components" Windows error message. A forum on Windows web site said to remove the DDE component of the file association but this just prevented me from getting the error - the text file still wouldn't open.

I'm not quite sure what changed here. My only guess at this time was that I had made a couple of preference changes a while back but have since removed those changes to no avail. Uninstalling and reinstalling did nothing. This is now the only application that won't open an associated file with a double-click. Why?

Has this happened to anyone else? Can this be resolved?

E Girard

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:48 pm

I am still having the problem exactly as you describe. I have resorted to being in the habit of opening textpad before I attempt to open files...

ajburke · Post by **ajburke** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:45 pm

Possible solution, or at least a workaround:

I was having the same problem. (Just today, out of the blue.) Tried all of the previous suggestions in this thread. No luck.

Then I tried to launch TextPad by itself, and couldn't even do that. (No error, no TextPad.)

Went into Task Manager (Processes tab) and found five TextPad.exe processes hanging out there.

Killed them.

Tried again to launch TextPad, and it came right up. I shut it down, and watched it properly disappear from Task Manager (all tabs).

I then tried double-clicking a TXT file from Windows Explorer (the original problem, remember), and now it works fine.

I still don't know what caused it in the first place. I tried to recreate the problem (by trying a few different ways of launching TextPad), but wasn't able to do so.

P.S. I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2.

Archaeodog · Post by **Archaeodog** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:53 pm

The problem I and egirard are having is different. Textpad is not running (as a process or otherwise). When a .txt document is double clicked - an error occurs that windows cannot find the file. I believe it is a registry error, but I have not yet found a solution (I do not want to reinstall windows at this time).

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