Finding strings in multiple files

[DataMiser]

There actually is a limit on file size (the same as in C++), at a little over 4 GB. It doesn't sound like that's the issue here, but GremlinSA has written an article on how to overcome the limitation.

That is also a limit on file size for a fat32 drive as well. I never thought about it being a limit in VB but makes sense must be using 4 bytes to hold the file size.

I agree though that is not the issue 140bytesx10,000 is far short of 4 gigs more like 1.4 megs