File too big (2)

pspiersy · Nov 6, 2020, 2:44 AM

I was transferring one (1) file with the Transfer Wizard to a flash drive and in one second, every file in my documents was consumed. A file was created in the flash drive, 1,661,310 MB, called USMT2.UNC .
It took me years to get it out of this zipped file.
Now I can’t open it because the “too big for notepad” error comes up.
Do I change the notepad default ? if so , how?
Any suggestions appreciated.

Terry R · Nov 6, 2020, 2:53 AM

@pspiersy said in File too big (2):

USMT2.UNC

Isn’t this a User State Migration file? It’s one that Windows creates when you are migrating from one PC to a new one. It will eventually restore the content of that file on a new system. Don’t try to open it with Notepad++ or you will likely destroy any ability to get back the data. This file is created by the USMT see:
https://theitbros.com/migrate-user-profiles-with-user-state-migration-tool-usmt/
Only this program can recreate the content within back into their respective files.

Terry