Crash when I open .nfo files

[Pino Insegna]

Notepad++ always crashes when I open .nfo files

[andrecool-68]

Do not open these files in Notepad++

[Meta Chuh]

@andrecool-68

patient: doctor, doctor, my leg hurts if i press here.
doctor: then don’t press here. 😉

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@Pino-Insegna

we need some more information from you, to be of assistance:

what was the size of the .nfo file ?
was it a text .nfo or a windows system information .nfo ?
did you try to open a .nfo file from windows explorer right-click on file > open with notepad++,
or from the notepad++ file > open menu ?

please also provide us with your debug information by going to the notepad++
menu: ? > debug info... > copy debug info into clipboard and paste this information here.

[andrecool-68]

@Meta-Chuh
Not a joke! When I open these files with Notepad++ hangs tightly! And no matter what size *.nfo files. I faced it many years ago.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Meta-Chuh said:

patient: doctor, doctor, my leg hurts if i press here.

I was gonna do the same thing, except with elbow movement back and forth…but then I realized that N++ shouldn’t “crash” no matter what it is “fed”. :)

[Meta Chuh]

@andrecool-68

strange, 7.6.3. x86 and x64 open all .nfo files without any problem, as seen at the screenshot below.

do you have any test .nfo file for me ?
if it’s small enough, you could also paste it here.
this intrigues me.

@Alan-Kilborn

I was gonna do the same thing, except with elbow movement back and forth…but then I realized that N++ shouldn’t “crash” no matter what it is “fed”. :)

true, but it does not crash, at least not for me.
none of my setups crashes when opening .nfo files smaller than appx 320mb (x86) to 2gb (x64).
win7, 10, mac, ubuntu, 7.5.5 - 7.6.4 x86 and x64
even if it is too big, it does not crash for me, it presents me with the usual file too big alert.

[andrecool-68]

@Meta-Chuh
This happens when there are graphics in this file. Once can open the file …and then every discovery collapses!

[andrecool-68]

@Meta-Chuh said:
These files may contain similar graphics

[Meta Chuh]

@andrecool-68

strange, even with graphics it works and does not crash with all .nfo files i have found and tested.
even a search or count works as expected.

what am i doing wrong … or better to say, what am i doing right ? ;-)

[andrecool-68]

@Meta-Chuh
Now I can’t repeat this mistake.

[Pino Insegna]

Hi all users,
I use Notepad++ x86 and I just discovered that was HexEditor plugin that causes the crash.
I’m disappointed because it is very useful

[Meta Chuh]

@Pino-Insegna

ahhhhh, thank you for reporting that.

i have already forgotten why hexedit got completely ditched from the stable list and why it is removed (disabled) on every update.

my apologies for not remembering this, and again many thanks for sharing.

[Meta Chuh]

@Pino-Insegna and all

ps: @chcg occasionally plays around improving JensLorenz’s old original HexEdit code over >>> here <<< .

i’ve just installed @chcg 's HexEdit version 0.9.5.19 (x64) on notepad++ 7.6.4 and i’m still able to open, search, and hexview, any .nfo file, without any issues.

can someone confirm or disprove this ?