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Why does Windows Vista's Notepad randomly move the cursor after saving a file?

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Mar 15, 20264962 views
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What is happening: Initially my cursor was at "initially here". When I press to save the file my cursor automatically moves to the second position. After many tries, I've seen that it randomly moves to a point one or two lines above the place where it initially was. (The red line is the cursor - I'ā€¦

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Fix for: Why does Windows Vista's Notepad randomly move the cursor after saving a file?

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I noticed this problem in Windows XP Notepad. It only happens if word wrap is on when you save. The amount the cursor moves back is related to the number of new wrap points before the cursor since the last save. The more new wrap points before the cā€¦

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