why wireshark cannot open large size files?

[John x <xiachangqin66 () hotmail com>]

 Hi, folks,

I find that I can open pcap files like 5kb or 9kb, but if I open a file with size like 500kb or 1mb, it will be shown 
"wireshark not responding" in Windows.

What's the problem?

Thanks

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