Hexplorer V2.6    Suggested by rbon - Added on 9 Apr 2007 1MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (439) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (4) - Post comment - Permalink

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 BillyBob: Good find Andrew, I like this, one of the best hex editors I have tried. One point worth noting is that the default font when starting is set to Fixed Roman which is tiny and almost impossible to read, but that is easily changed by clicking View, Options, Font and setting it to Fixed Roman Large or one of the other fonts. I have written to Marcin (author) to suggest user configurable colors also. The default color Matrix is a bit hard to read, Matrix2 and 3 don't look any different, but I like "Autumn". [2007-04-09 11:58]

 a: thanks for the tip billybox, i've been looking forever trying to resize the text to a readable state.. [2007-04-09 17:01]

 Maximilian: Wow, this is not only the most visually appealing, but also the most useful hex editor I've ever tried!

I agree with BillyBob in that the default font (Fixed Roman) is way too small. It would have been better if the author set the default to "OEM Fixed Font" or something.

I also like Autumn, and look forward to more color schemes. [2007-04-30 21:12]

 rgann: Yes, it has some unusual features, but it is not truely portable. After installing and playing with it for a while, I discovered that it stored the primary (font selection, colors, etc) in two files (hexplorer.dat and mclip.dat) in "%windir%\Application Data". I did not use all the features and tools so other files may be created. [2007-12-12 00:57]

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