Both Grig Software and Archive. NET Framework 4 download page and click the Download button. You may see the following warning on Windows 10, which you can click OK to bypass without issue.
Click through all of the defaults until you get to the Installation Options screen. Click Next to begin the installation and Finish to complete it. Now that you have downloaded or installed the WinDiff application, it is time to learn how to navigate and use this useful utility.
Although WinDiff may have a sparse interface, there is more than meets the eye. Choose the first file for comparison, often these are source code files, but here text is used.
Once the files have been loaded, you will be presented with an overview showing the files for comparison. Double-click the entry to compare, or click the Expand button. On the left-hand side, you will find a mini-map view that highlights the overall differences throughout the files to quickly navigate right to a section of the file. On the right-hand side, you will find the differences on different color highlighted lines.
The color yellow is used to highlight differences in the first file and the color red for the second file. Now that you have compared the two files to spot differences, you may need to reconcile the differences between the two files. To do this, you can either edit the first file, the second file, or a composite between the two files.
Although WinDiff is not a merge tool, read on to learn how to edit files with changes! First, right-click on the line that you would like to modify. Note that the same lines between the files will have the same line number, as seen below. In this example, to modify a highlighted change, choose to edit the Left File first, which will by default launch in Notepad.
Below, the file has been modified to have an identical second line. Back in the WinDiff utility, right-click on the first modified line and choose Rescan to update the scanned files to look for any changes. One useful ability within WinDiff is the ability to make a comment on a change. This comment can later be exported to a text file. If you close WinDiff without exporting the comment, it will be lost when WinDiff is closed. First, click on the change to comment on and navigate to the Edit menu and click Insert Comment.
Now that you have compared files in WinDiff, you may find you need to compare an entire folder. Just like files, WinDiff offers the ability to compare two different folders. Ask a Question. How to use Windiff. Endpoint Manager. Install , Agent. Created Date. Apr 14, PM. Last Modified Date. Nov 5, PM. Article Number :. Simply type "compare" into the quick launch window and you'll get it added. Show 14 more comments. Then, put the prepared shortcut into this folder.
Matt Matt This is really a very good and elaborated answer, definitely should be voted up. I am from the group who keeps looking for out of the box answer even if answer is marked in a thread so i am absolutely giving it heads up. DivTiwari - Thank you, glad to hear that! That was superb and worked like a charm. Thanks a lot mate — Sabbir Hassan.
Thank your for sharing. Show 8 more comments. Jarek Kardas Jarek Kardas 8, 1 1 gold badge 29 29 silver badges 32 32 bronze badges. I installed the extensions, but this option isn't available for me. Add a comment. DiffFiles File1 File2. This is the same as another answer — niico. Maybe - though personally I'd rather use a GUI to select the files than type have to construct two paths in any case - I mean it's not DejanDozet I believe what niico was referring to is the fact that Tools.
DiffFiles is mentioned and pictured in the first part of the accepted answer by Vladimir. Also able to diff folders - very powerful — Jaans. The only disadvantage of WinMerge is its limited ablitiy to recognize changes such as whitespace, lines divided into more lines, etc — user The link is broken: "Hmm.
By the way, this is a lovely solution still available as This answer needs to be much much much higher. This is the only relevant answer to this question. Anyone who comes to this thread is looking for this exactly this and nothing else.
I spent hours trying to find this extension because the top two answer are absolutely useless so I assumed this whole page was useless Since I wasn't familiar with the jargon "diff" and used the keyword "compare" ive been through the gauntlet. I completely agree with GappyHilmore. Simply select two files in the solution explorer and select "Compare Files Stephan Stephan 4, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges.
It can be important to determine this, as file damage can indicate an underlying network or system problem. In Microsoft Windows and later, Windiff. To install the support tools, run Setup. To download the Windows NT 4. The Windiff. You can use Windiff. The display shows either a summary of the comparison status of a list of files outline mode or a detailed line-by-line comparison of the files expanded mode.
In the Select First File dialog box, locate and then click a file name for the first file in the comparison, and then click Open. In the Select Second File dialog box, locate and then click a file name for the second file in the comparison, and then click Open.
To view the actual file differences, click the first line in the Windiff. In the Select Directories dialog box, type the two folder names that you want to compare in the Dir1 and Dir2 boxes. If you want to include subfolders, click to select the Include subdirectories check box.
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