Poor performance with large .txt

Notepad++ was not designed for large text files, instead I recommend a program called glogg. found here: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/

and I swear to god if anyone dislikes this post and complains that I'm answering with a link then grow up because I did fully answer the question.


Try Ultra Edit Its the best in this case.

Features at a glance

  • Column / block editing

  • Multi-caret editing

  • Multi-select

  • Syntax highlighting

  • Integrated FTP client

  • Integrated SSH/telnet

  • Editor themes

  • Large file editing +4GB

  • File / data sorting

  • Powerful search

  • Supports regex

  • CSV data reformatting

  • Macros and scripts

  • File compare

  • Smart templates


I edit my huge files with Microsoft Visual Studio. It is super fast and handles any size! try it! You can download free version (Community edition)

UPDATE:

Notepad++ build 64bit is available now. You can use it.