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    Claudia Frank @Fun Fun
    last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 4:46 PM

    @Fun-Fun

    which problem?
    The message “error file too big to be opened” is an useful information telling you exactly
    the reason why your file, under your current setup, cannot be opened.

    Cheers
    Claudia

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      Meta Chuh moderator
      last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 6:47 PM

      @Claudia-Frank @Fun-Fun probably wants a free memory upgrade sponsored by np++ or else he will thnak us ;-)

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        Claudia Frank @Meta Chuh
        last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 6:49 PM

        @Meta-Chuh

        probably :-D

        Cheers
        Claudia

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          Fun Fun
          last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 9:47 PM

          it’s the program that can not open the file, my pc is powerful

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            Claudia Frank @Fun Fun
            last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 9:54 PM

            @Fun-Fun

            my pc is powerful

            might be - but you need to explain what you are trying to achieve in more detail.
            Just stating that you got a message … isn’t really helpful.

            Cheers
            Claudia

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              Alan Kilborn @Meta Chuh
              last edited by Alan Kilborn Jan 3, 2018, 10:00 PM Jan 3, 2018, 9:58 PM

              @Meta-Chuh

              Better be careful with the use of “he”. Of course the little pictures to the left (of some) of our names don’t necessarily have to tell the truth. ;)

              Maybe even Claudia is not what she appears to be… :-)

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                Claudia Frank @Alan Kilborn
                last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 10:09 PM

                @Alan-Kilborn

                Maybe even Claudia is not what she appears to be

                Alan, who knows - you might be wrong or right - I guess we will never find out
                unless you find some leaked nude pictures at some celebrities websites :-D

                Cheers
                Claudia

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                  Fun Fun
                  last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 10:18 PM

                  my message is very clear, and I am a man
                  .thank you

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                    Claudia Frank @Fun Fun
                    last edited by Claudia Frank Jan 3, 2018, 10:22 PM Jan 3, 2018, 10:21 PM

                    @Fun-Fun

                    sorry but it isn’t very clear because if, for example, you try to edit a 10GB file
                    you would immediately get a response that this won’t work and it is very unlikely
                    that there will be a solution in the near future.
                    BUT if you try to edit a 100MB file the answers would be different with some additional questions.

                    Cheers
                    Claudia

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                      Fun Fun
                      last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 10:43 PM

                      ok, you want some detail, my file size 3 GB

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                        Claudia Frank @Fun Fun
                        last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 10:50 PM

                        @Fun-Fun

                        sorry but scintilla has, afaik, a 2 GB limit.
                        But this doesn’t mean that you can open a 2 GB file as scintilla internally
                        needs to allocate more bytes depending which lexer is used and if folding is active
                        and …
                        In addition the limit happens also if you have multiple big files you want to open
                        and which might have a total of 2 GB.

                        Cheers
                        Claudia

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                          chcg
                          last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 11:25 PM

                          What about 64bit (https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.5.4/npp.7.5.4.Installer.x64.exe )? I guess @Fun-Fun you are using the 32bit version of N++.

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                            Frank Orellana
                            last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 11:27 PM

                            3GB is a very big file, I’ve managed to open files that big in Notepad++ 64bits as @chcg says. But it might not be as fast as you would expect.

                            For files that big another editor might be useful (try VIM or something like that)

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                              Claudia Frank @chcg
                              last edited by Jan 3, 2018, 11:33 PM

                              @chcg @Frank-Orellana

                              You were able to load a 3 GB file with notepad x64 version?
                              Afaik, there is this 2 GB internal scintilla limit how did you go around this?

                              Cheers
                              Claudia

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                                Fun Fun
                                last edited by Jan 4, 2018, 12:00 AM

                                I used the 32-bit version and 64-bit version of N ++.
                                the problem remains the same.

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                                  Alan Kilborn @Fun Fun
                                  last edited by Jan 4, 2018, 12:40 AM

                                  @Fun-Fun

                                  I don’t know that it is a “problem” to not be able to open a 3GB file in Notepad++…well, maybe except for you. Notepad++, as others have stated, doesn’t have opening files that large in its design criterion.

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                                    Claudia Frank
                                    last edited by Jan 4, 2018, 1:08 AM

                                    OK - I did a test and was able to open a file with 1,9 GB but not more (7.5.4 x64)
                                    So I think the 2 GB limit is still in place. (Must be as npp hasn’t updated scintilla recently anyway)

                                    Cheers
                                    Claudia

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                                      Claudia Frank
                                      last edited by Jan 5, 2018, 8:27 PM

                                      Did some further testing, pure ascii text file 2,146GB,
                                      with 1MB more I do get the limit error.

                                      Cheers
                                      Claudia

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