FilePeek is the file viewer that Windows should have given you, but didn't. QuickView is way too slow, balks at formats it doesn't know, and truncates text at the first binary data. It will view the text in any file, no matter what kind of file it is, and very quickly. It converts non-displayable characters to a dot ( . ) and therefore, doesn't allow binary characters to truncate its view. It is a "view only" program, so you don't have to worry about accidentally modifying files you're viewing with it. It also has a hex view mode, if you need to see what those non-displayable characters are.