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  • L Llasus

    I use HxD[^]. Capable of opening > 4GB, has tabs when opening multiple files. very nice interface.

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    StevenWalsh
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    I used to use ultra edit... but after trying out hxd... i'm converted. all i can say is WOW

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    • G Gary Kirkham

      Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

      Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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      Gary Kirkham
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      Thanks to everyone for their responses...even you Kyle.

      Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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      • G Gary Kirkham

        Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

        Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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        Ri Qen Sin
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        I use "ICY Hexplorer". It can be found on SourceForge.net. I think it's pretty lightweight and useful, and its byte coloring features help me find text strings in heaps of binary data. It does seem to have trouble loading huge files though.

        ROFLOLMFAO

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        • G Gary Kirkham

          Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

          Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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          Mark Salsbery
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          What? No mention of the one in Visual Studio? :)

          Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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          • M Mark Salsbery

            What? No mention of the one in Visual Studio? :)

            Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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            Gary Kirkham
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            That actually occurred to me first, but I wasn't the one needing the editor and that person doesn't have access to VS. My brother has a corrupted log file in Flight Simulator and wanted to debug it, which he was successful in doing.

            Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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            • L Luca Leonardo Scorcia

              Notepad++ does this, and more. Menu Plugins -> Hex Editor.

              Luca

              The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

              En Það Besta Sem Guð Hefur Skapað, Er Nýr Dagur. But the best thing God has created, is a New

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              Dario Solera
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              I second Notepad++.

              If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wik

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              • G Gary Kirkham

                Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

                Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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                Martin Richter rMVP C
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                Take a look at Winhex[^]

                -- Martin Richter (MVP for C++) WWJD http://blog.m-ri.de "A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly written program is its own hell!" The Tao of Programming

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                • L Llasus

                  I use HxD[^]. Capable of opening > 4GB, has tabs when opening multiple files. very nice interface.

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                  Simon Capewell
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                  I used FRHED until about 5 minutes ago. Try opening a 1GB file in FRHED, then try it in HxD. Great tip, thanks!

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                  • M Mark Salsbery

                    What? No mention of the one in Visual Studio? :)

                    Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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                    Christian Vogt
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                    I think he needs a working one, not a marketing one :)

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                    • R Ri Qen Sin

                      I use "ICY Hexplorer". It can be found on SourceForge.net. I think it's pretty lightweight and useful, and its byte coloring features help me find text strings in heaps of binary data. It does seem to have trouble loading huge files though.

                      ROFLOLMFAO

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                      azonenberg
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                      I use Hexplorer too. I used to use Visual Studio's editor, but Hexplorer's syntax coloring provides a very useful way of looking for particular types of data (null padding, ascii text, etc.) I use Notepad++ for HTML, PHP, and CSS editing, but never liked the hex editor too much.

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                      • L Llasus

                        I use HxD[^]. Capable of opening > 4GB, has tabs when opening multiple files. very nice interface.

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                        Wes Bell
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                        HxD is by far the best hex editor I have used in my 25 years of experience. Not only can it open files of any size almost immediately and allow the user to immediately jump to the end of the file and all points inbetween, HxD's alternative hex byte array and character string array selection tools work flawlessly. HxD has saved me untold hours of work!

                        Wes Bell Computer Scientist

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                        • G Gary Kirkham

                          Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

                          Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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                          paste0x78
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                          I use 010Editor, its not free but its very good. http://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/[^]

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                          • A azonenberg

                            I use Hexplorer too. I used to use Visual Studio's editor, but Hexplorer's syntax coloring provides a very useful way of looking for particular types of data (null padding, ascii text, etc.) I use Notepad++ for HTML, PHP, and CSS editing, but never liked the hex editor too much.

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                            paste0x78
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                            Notepad ++ is great! I use it for everything. Fits on a flash drive nicely for the coder on the go. :-D

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                            • D Dario Solera

                              I second Notepad++.

                              If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wik

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                              adas_qualcomm
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                              I use Notepad++ as my primary editor and the Hex-Editor plugin. Love it!

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                              • G Gary Kirkham

                                Does anyone know of a good freeware editor for binary files for Windows? I used to use HexEdit on the Mac, but I am not sure if there is something similar for Windows.

                                Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" Me blog, You read

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                                User 3718678
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                                PSpad works pretty well and is free.

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                                • L Llasus

                                  I use HxD[^]. Capable of opening > 4GB, has tabs when opening multiple files. very nice interface.

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                                  Nate Leon
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                                  Wow, HxD is fast. It opens a 50 Meg file instantly. Thanks for the tip, n8

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                                  • R Ri Qen Sin

                                    I use "ICY Hexplorer". It can be found on SourceForge.net. I think it's pretty lightweight and useful, and its byte coloring features help me find text strings in heaps of binary data. It does seem to have trouble loading huge files though.

                                    ROFLOLMFAO

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                                    Ri Qen Sin
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                                    I post this in good faith that it would help someone, and I get voted down. I will never understand the rationale behind it…

                                    ROFLOLMFAO

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                                    • D Demon Possessed

                                      Gary Kirkham wrote:

                                      The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God"

                                      Matthew 5:22 ...but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

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                                      The Man 0
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                                      For a more in context explanation, see http://www.faithalone.org/news/y1997/97sept2.html[^]

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                                      • L Llasus

                                        I use HxD[^]. Capable of opening > 4GB, has tabs when opening multiple files. very nice interface.

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                                        User 4210026
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                                        Teh greatness! To try it out I opened Visual Studio 2005 DVD's ISO, it's 3,53 GB, it took it like one second, two, tops, to open it, and I could scroll all the way down with no delay and no lag! HxD is wonderful!

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