I want to express many thanks to Hood for his attention yesterday. I am getting further but still unable to change the editor used in the OEM Tormach build.
I have observed that PCNC does actually bring up notepad++ with my code in it one time after a complete cold start. It does not after that first time. I loose my code and have to reload it. I have also noticed I can start notepad++ from the command prompt once after a cold start but I am unable to run it a second time after closing. If I close it then enter the same path command it does not open.
Clearly this is a Windows7/notepad++ issue. It would be so easy to resolve if I could change my editor.