A hex viewer editor plugin for Notepad

Question

I have had a look through the plugins as well as searched the forum for Notepad   and have not seen a solution to editing data as hex in Notepad     I am after the same kind of functionality that UltraEdit offers  see the screenshot below  where you can edit the document either directly or via entering new hex characters

User · Answer

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.

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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

[notepad++] A hex viewer / editor plugin for Notepad++?

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