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Break Windows Notepad

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By now everybody knows windows notepad usually gets confused when opening a file that has exactly 256 bytes (e.g. this app can break). Well, if you did not know, try the following:

1. Open Notepad
2. Type the text "this app can break" (without quotes)
3. Save the file
4. Re-open the file in Notepad
all you get is a string of boxes or chinese characters.

My question is this: Can you come up with other meaningful sentences that can break notepad?

1. bush hid the facts
2. jobs are for boobs

????

for the complete article, check out the link below ([b]this api can break[/b]).

http://apipes.blogspot.com/2006/06/this-api-can-break.html

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by deadly ernest

what OS are you using as I have tried it in Notepad on a Win XP Pro 32 bit SP1 machine and a Win Xp Pro 64 bit SP1 machine and no problemo at all. Same answer for my Win 98 box and Win 3.11. I wonder if this is OS or hardware specific problem?

by vrsreram

I have data in a notepad and that has to be break at one point and keep that data into different file. so it is like to after 5 lines or 6 lines (lines are uneven) want to select for keep it different.

sriram

by noudy007

actuall im using windows 2000.so i would like 2 use note pad in my system,kindly guide me weather i can able 2 use note pad r not plz send me clear info regarding this issue.

yours
noudy.

by kellster

Win XP Pro , got all boxes, cool. Anyone come up with more? I have too much time on my hands...

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