File size problem - File is too big to be opened by Notepad++
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@Ekopalypse using npp v.7.8.3 32-bit
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@Adam-Dendy said in File size problem - File is too big to be opened by Notepad++:
32-bit
That means, as far as I’m aware, that npp itself can have only
~2GB of RAM allocated in total as the other halve gets used by the OS.
Every open documents counts.
If the file you want to open is a file which gets lexed,
meaning colored by a lexer, then scintilla has to allocate additional
RAM which might end up in double the size of the file.
Npp identifies which lexer gets assigned via the extension of a file.So in order to get your file opened, you might test to start another
npp instance without any document open and if needed to rename the
file to a .txt extension as this one is, normally, assigned to no lexer. -
Another suggestion might be to grab a portable 64-bit version of Notepad++ and see if it can open the file. If not, maybe add to that some of @Ekopalypse 's suggestions. And if you finally get the file open this way, maybe consider a permanent move to Notepad++ 64-bit?
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I didn’t manage to get it opened changing it to .txt - I will try using the 64-bit version and hopefully this will resolve my issue.
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@Alan-Kilborn have downloaded and installed 64-bit version and success! Thanks for the tip off, appreciate both yours and @Ekopalypse ’ help!
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Same problem for me. 388MB file and notepad++ cannot open it. What a fail.
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@Pavel-P ,
I have opened files that big or bigger in Notepad++, so Notepad++ can open a 388MB file.
If you have a problem, you need to describe the circumstances of the problem with more detail than that. Please see https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15739/faq-desk-request-for-help-without-sufficient-information-to-help-you, then come back and give us something to work with.
