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On default, the Hex editor is not available on Notepad++ and you cannot view text in the form of Hex but after installing the Hex Editor Plugin, you will be able to view any file in Hex without any problem. Below are the steps of how to install the Hex Editor Plugin: What is this?
Visual Studio's Binary Editor Next, inside the Open File dialog, choose a file to edit and click the Open With… option from the dropdown found next to the Open button. Select Binary Editor from the list of programs… …then a tab will open with the file contents displayed in hexadecimal.
Windows do not have any pre-installed hex editor in their operating systems. Hex files can be stored in the text format or binary format. If you have a text-based hex file, then it can be opened with text editors like notepad.
There is an old plugin called HEX Editor here.
According to this question on Super User it does not work on newer versions of Notepad++ and might have some stability issues, but it still could be useful depending on your needs.
Is a completely different (but still free) application an option? I use HxD, and it serves me better than the Notepad++ plugin. It can calculate hashes, open memory of a process, it is fast at opening files of any size, and it works exceptionally well with the clipboard.
I used to use the Notepad++ plugin, but not anymore.
According to some comments on Super User it still works :) It just should be copied back to the plugins folder (if it's in the disabled folder) or downloaded from Plugins Central. I have downloaded it a few minutes ago and succeeded in using it.
Of course, be warned: this plugin COULD be unstable in some situations - that's why it was disabled.
The hex editor plugin mentioned by ellak still works, but it seems that you need the TextFX Characters plugin as well.
I initially installed only the hex plugin and Notepad++ would no longer pop up; instead it started eating memory (killed it at 1.2 GB). I removed it again and for other reasons installed the TextFX plugin (based on Find multiple lines in Notepad++)
Out of curiosity I installed the hex plugin again and now it works.
Note that this is on a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit.
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