Can I hex edit a file in Visual Studio?

Kevin Driedger picture Kevin Driedger · Nov 12, 2009 · Viewed 89.5k times · Source

I want to edit a binary file, but I don't want to use another tool other than Visual Studio because it's a pain to switch back and forth.

Is there perhaps an add-in or some built in functionality that can do that in Visual Studio?

Answer

Kevin Driedger picture Kevin Driedger · Nov 12, 2009
  1. Menu FileOpenFile
  2. Select the file to be opened
  3. On the open file dialog at the bottom there is a down arrow on the "Open" button
  4. Click "Open With..."
  5. Click "Binary Editor"
  6. Click OK

Or for the keyboard geeks out there:

  1. Ctrl + o
  2. Ctrl + v (paste filename)
  3. tab
  4. tab
  5. w
  6. b
  7. Enter