Hex Workshop v5.x Frequently Asked Question

Hex Workshop added additional support for large files and Unicode characters which broke compatibility with Windows 98 by requiring operating systems symbols and resources only available in Windows 2000+.

Hex Workshop v4 continues to operate properly under Windows 98.

You can increase the maximum text string placed on the Windows Clipboard by adding the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BreakPoint\Hex Workshop <version>\Advanced\MaxClipboardHexText to DWORD FFFFFFFF (or something greater then FF/256).

1. Using RegEdit, navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BreakPoint\Hex Workshop <version>\Advanced" where <version> is "6.7" for Hex Workshop v6.7.x or "v5.1" for Hex Workshop v5.1.x


2. In the right-hand pane, right click and select "New\DWORD (32-bit) Value"


3. Name the property "MaxClipboardHexText"


4. Double-click on the new property, select, "Hexadecimal" as the base and enter FFFFFFFF as the Value Data (or something larger then FF/256)

This change will be applied on the next copy operation and does not require a restart of the application.

If you are running an application with Administrative rights under Microsoft Vista, drag and drop from the Windows explorer is disabled by Vista. This is true for all applications -- not only applications from BreakPoint Software.

You can turn off UAC, run explorer as Administrator, or run the application as a (non-administrative privileges) to work around this issue.