Converting Hex To Base64 With Notepad++
Answer : The trick was that by converting the HEX directly in notepad++, It's taken as a ASCII value not as A HEX Value as intended. So we need to converted first the HEX --> ASCII then ASCII --> BASE64 1/ Select the string 2/ Using Notepad++ menu: Plugins -> Converter -> HEX -> ASCII 3/ Plugins -> MIME Tools -> Base64 Encode and we get the needed value The characters FB can be encoded as the 16-bit values 46004200 and encoding that in Base 64 gives RkI= . Using Notepad++ menu => TextFx => TextFx Tools => Base 64 decode : Converting +w== gives the single byte xFB . It show as thouse three characters in white on a black background. The status bar at the bottom of the window shows the buffer has a length of 1 (i.e. one). Converting RkI= gives the two characters FB . Shown in black on a white background, i.e. as normal text. The buffer is shown to have a length of 2. Conclusion, your initial conversion was of the two charactgers FB not the byt...