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    • Alexander Elan ConstantinoA
      Alexander Elan Constantino
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      Hello! I’m wondering how to copy this to another document?
      Notepad thing.PNG

      The problem is that it becomes this:
      Notepad Thing Pt 2.PNG
      That corrupts the format and makes it so that the game that I’m modding doesn’t load this UI thing.

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      • Terry RT
        Terry R
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        @Alexander-Elan-Constantino said in Question About Formatting:

        Hello! I’m wondering how to copy this to another document?

        It would appear from the images presented that the file is a binary one. Sure you may be able to see some text as possibly it also includes “normal” characters however the “other” characters such as NUL are Notepad++ trying to interpret the codes and unable to represent the character correctly.

        And that is because Notepad++ is a text editor not a binary one.

        For getting an exact copy use the windows explorer function to make a copy which will be a clone. However since it appears you are trying to alter settings so your app will be customised to your needs, using Notepad++ to perform edits on this file will very likely end in abject failure.

        Terry

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        • PeterJonesP
          PeterJones @Alexander Elan Constantino
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          @Alexander-Elan-Constantino

          The Edit > Paste Special submenu has binary copy/paste that might work better.

          But as @Terry-R said, editing a binary file with a text editor is asking for trouble.

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          • Alexander Elan ConstantinoA
            Alexander Elan Constantino @Terry R
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            @Terry-R said in Question About Formatting:

            For getting an exact copy use the windows explorer function to make a copy which will be a clone. However since it appears you are trying to alter settings so your app will be customised to your needs, using Notepad++ to perform edits on this file will very likely end in abject failure.

            Okay, that makes sense! Thank you for the information about binary files!

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