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    • Vishal KV
      Vishal K
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      Hello ,
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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @Vishal K
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        @Vishal-K said in File format changed to unknown , cant read the file data now:

        I have few files which were fine 2 days back but suddenly when I opend the file today it is coming to unreadable format

        I doubt it was anything that Notepad++ did. My first guess would be that you have been infected with a virus / ransomware / etc – I would run a scan immediately, if I were you.

        If that’s not it, maybe you recently installed encryption or compression software, and the file has been modified since you last looked at it in Notepad++.

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