@Amsja-Mull said in File too big for notepad++:
I’ve read that notepad++ is capable of handling 2gb
Additional information can be found in some old posts:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11803/feature-request-larger-file-sizes-allowed/2
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18950/file-size-problem-file-is-too-big-to-be-opened-by-notepad/6
notes that having a file type of .txt is likely to allow a larger file to be opened than other file types which are associated with “lexers”.
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16960/text-limit/16
where it is noted that scintilla (upon which Notepad++ is built) has a hard limit of 2GB. Maybe this is what you thought would allow your 600MB file to work.
However this is more a “theoretical” number that can NEVER be surpassed. However as I stated before the environment Notepad++ is running in and even the file type have a lot to play in how successful you will be in loading such a file.
Good luck
Terry