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    Eugene Ipavec
    last edited by Feb 15, 2017, 2:51 AM

    Hello. This is perhaps a stupid question, but I had a txt file open in NP++ (6.7.9.2, Win8) when power was interrupted. Upon restarting the computer I discovered that the text in the file has been replaced by a very large number of null characters. I don’t imagine this is in any way fixable, but I’d still like to know if this sort of thing is a known issue? (And if so can anyone recommend a txt editor that doesn’t do this?)

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      Claudia Frank @Eugene Ipavec
      last edited by Feb 15, 2017, 5:02 PM

      @Eugene-Ipavec

      did you check the backup directory? Maybe there is an previous version there.
      Concerning the editor, I guess the only editor which doesn’t have that potential risk
      is an editor which doesn’t interact with files.

      Cheers
      Claudia

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