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    • Sebastian SjögrenS
      Sebastian Sjögren
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      Hi,

      i have corrupeted file which can be viewed but Notepad and Notepad++ and if i try to open it with XML editor or the program it should be opened with it gives an error message that there is an error on line -1.

      Is there feature in notepad ++ which I can active that I can see the the -1 and zero line and maybe delete them and get the file to work.

      Looking for a easy way to fix it.

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      • AdrianHHHA
        AdrianHHH
        last edited by

        The negative line number in the error message suggests that the beginning of the file, or possibly the end, are not correct. Notepad++ will show all of the lines and characters in the file.

        Try opening a file that is not corrupt in Notepad++ and compare the first few characters against the first few of the corrupt file. It may be useful to set menu => View => Show symbol => Show all characters. Also compare the file encodings as shown on the Notepad++ status line (i.e. at the bottom of the window).

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