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    Nicholas De La Haye
    last edited by Aug 4, 2017, 1:31 PM

    I am just trying out Notepad++ v7.3.3 to open a big password list file from here https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords but NotePad++ is saying “File is too big to be opened by Notepad++”!

    Is Notepad++ trying to open the whole file into memory, or does it have the ability stream portions of the file to view?

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      dail
      last edited by Aug 4, 2017, 2:28 PM

      Is Notepad++ trying to open the whole file into memory

      Yes

      does it have the ability stream portions of the file to view?

      No.

      With files that large you are better off using an editor specifically made to handle large files.

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        V S Rawat
        last edited by Aug 5, 2017, 4:28 AM

        “With files that large you are better off using an editor specifically made to handle large files.”

        could you (or anyone) please suggest some name for this purpose.

        Thanks.

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          minsikau
          last edited by Aug 6, 2017, 2:34 AM

          try editpad lite and see how loads in there.

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