Latest version 5.0.6 (x64) Windows 7 (x64) I also tried
> PSPad.exe -F text_to_search filename.txt and > "C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe" -F text_to_search filename.txt with the same result when I created the windows shortcut file with command line "C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe" -F text_to_search filename.txt the result was even more unexpected: pspad tried to open "Program", "PSPad", "-F", "text_to_search" and "filename.txt" -- <https://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,77252,77254> PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com