Vim can't recognize text file, but Notepad++ can

Hello,

I exported the entire Windows registry -- resulting text file is about
500 MBytes. I can open this text file in Notepad++ -- but opening it in
Vim results in just tons of @ signs.

What's happening?

Thanks,

--Suresh

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