what's a hex editor?

Question

where can i find it,and how do i use it to open my
file "xlr." ? It was offered as an answer to me earlier.

Answer 1

A hex editor allows you to edit binary files. You have to either know what you're doing with them, or have VERY explicit directions to follow. They can damage a file quite easily and make it unreadable (or if it is an application you're editing, it can make it crash the next time you try to run the app).

Answer 2

In addition to 'looking' at just hexadecimal files. A hex editor allows you to open up any files, thats any files on your computer, but like a text editor you can only see the information presented to you in that file in Hexadecimal code.
For the average person, this is completely useless unless you have good reasons to be using a hex editor, eg. disasm, or attempting to reverse engineer software (which is quite difficult i might add). I, for one, use WinHEX, and UltraEdit. (you can google them both)

If you were offered by windows to open a file using a possible hex editor, it means that your windows does not have any idea what type of file extension that is, and thinks that a hex editor might be something to open it with. What you can do, is attempt to open the file using word pad. right click on the file, and go to open with. anyways. if you want to post the file online and leave the link, i could look into it for you, but besides that, good luck in your findings.

Answer 3

A hex editor edits the deep codes of a file: game, video, etc. Mostly used to bypass exe files or edit them. Theres a free hex editor very easy to find on the internet.

Answer 4

Its an editor that you can use to edit files in hexadecimal (base 16).

Linux comes with many hex editors built in - try khexedit.

Just use the internet search engine google

http://www.google.com

to find more - there are hundreds!

Answer 5

http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Products/home/hex-editor-free.html
http://www.softcircuits.com/cygnus/fe/
http://www.download3000.com/download_10048.html
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm

allows you to edit binary data.....computers process information....store data in memory locations using hexadecimal system for representing these very complex 0's and 1's. You can view and edit this data using a hex editor.