I don't know if (all of) you performed a disk check for logical (or even physical) inconsistencies to eliminate this potential source of the problem.
On MS Windows platforms try: *chkdsk c: /f* ...or even... *chkdsk c: /f /r* ..._on every disk partition_ (all computers in a collaboration group if any) where PSPad editor is installed or where files edited in PSPad are located. Please, make sure that the drive(s) is actually checked for logical (or physical) errors because it is sometimes automatically skipped during booting up like when pressing any key to skip the scheduled operation. In such rare cases try: [i]fsutil dirty set c: chkntfs /C c:[/i] ...from a DOS console run as an administrator for every disk partition like I wrote above. I can see you've been suffering from this very annoying random issue for at least several months now. I don't experience it right now but I remember it has also happened to me many, many years ago. I don't remember any more what was the reason and what was the solution, unfortunately. I don't remember what was the editor (was it PSPad or any other editor back then?) either because I have exchanged my tools many times over past several years. I just would like to help you by simple guessing. I expect that running "MemTest86" from a bootable USB or CD drive wouldn't hurt you either. Anyway... let us know if this or anything else out there helps any one of you. Good luck! ;-) -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?4,65340,66979> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
