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I can't open a Python file from the Box desktop app

  • May 23, 2025
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I'm trying to open a .py file from the Box desktop app, but when I open it with Visual Studio Code, I get this error: "The file is not displayed in the text editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding." What should I do?

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Hi Martín, 

Welcome to Box Community and glad to assist! 

 Can we confirm your current Box version and the Operating System running in your machine? 

We'd love to further assist!