File is too big to be opened by Notepad++ Issue

[Nicholas De La Haye]

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?

[dail]

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.

[V S Rawat]

“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.

[minsikau]

try editpad lite and see how loads in there.