Windows utility that combines directory compare and file compare

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Beyond Compare

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  • Latest Version

    Beyond Compare 5.0.3 Build 30258 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    Scooter Software, Inc. / External Link

  • Filename

    BCompare-5.0.3.30258.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

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Beyond Compare allows you to quickly and easily compare your files and folders. By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those you're not. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records.

Compare Files and Folders
You can compare entire drives and folders at high speed, checking just sizes and modified times. Or, thoroughly verify every file with byte-by-byte comparisons. FTP sites, cloud storage, and zip files are integrated seamlessly, and powerful filters allow you to limit what you see to only what you're interested in. Once you've found specific files you're interested in, Beyond Compare can intelligently pick the best way to compare and display them. Text files can be viewed and edited with syntax highlighting and comparison rules tweaked specifically for documents, source code, and HTML. The text contents of Microsoft Word .doc and Adobe .pdf files can also be compared but not edited. Data files, executables, binary data, and images all have dedicated viewers as well, so you always have a clear view of the changes.

3-Way Merge
Beyond Compare's merge view allows you to combine changes from two versions of a file or folder into a single output. Its intelligent approach allows you to quickly accept most changes while carefully examining conflicts. Color coding and a section highlighting allow you to accept, reject, or combine changes, simply and easily. When merging files you can change any line in the output with the built-in syntax-highlighting editor. By using the app Compare's powerful file type support and ability to favor changes from one file, you can trivially accept many changes without even seeing them.

Synchronize Folders
The tool Compare's intuitive Folder Sync interface lets you reconcile differences in your data automatically. You can efficiently update your laptop, backup your computer, or manage your website, and the app Compare will handle all the details. You can copy to and from disks, FTP servers, and zip files, all using the same interface. Anything you don't want to be affected can be easily filtered out, and all of the powerful comparison techniques are available, making the backup as fast or robust as you need.

Note: 30 days trial version.

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What's new in this version:

Notable Changes:
- Windows: Significantly improved Explorer context menu extension, including re-adding main menu/submenu configuration where possible, support for processes running as Administrator, and limited ARM64 support.
- Linux: Fixed text editor width calculations for monospace fonts
- Other minor fixes and enhancements

Appearance:
- Windows: Fixed checkbox lists' dotted level lines showing as black-on-black in dark mode

Folder Compare:
- macOS: Fixed status bar showing free disk space as 0 bytes on Intel CPUs.
- Fixed path edit incorrectly showing both the error message and path smushed together after a load error.

Installer:
- Windows: Fixed hang when trying to install the Windows 11 Explorer context menu if calling PowerShell generates unexpected output
- Windows: Install/uninstall log now includes details of the shell extension install
- Windows: Removed "Delete all Beyond Compare 5 settings" checkbox in the uninstaller's confirmation dialog when doing an "All Users" uninstall
- Windows: Fixed uninstaller not closing BCClipboard automatically
- Windows: Made shell extension upgrade process for non-admin installs more robust
- Windows: Updated Inno Setup to 6.3.3

Misc:
- Linux: Fixed "File Formats" dialog not remembering the checkbox state for enabled file formats

Table Compare:
- Fixed auto-sized widths for ignored unimportant columns
- Fixed copy to clipboard handling of cells containing line endings or a delimiter

Text Views:
- Linux: Fixed width calculations for monospace fonts

Windows Explorer Context Menu Extension:
- Re-added ability to configure menu items to appear directly on the top level menu or in a "Beyond Compare" submenu when shown on the Windows 10, in Windows 11's "Show More Options" menu, and in third-party applications
- Fixed extension not appearing in "Run As Administrator" processes on Windows 11 (e.g., Total Commander)
- Fixed extension not showing in Windows 11 for ARM64 "Show More Options" menu. Supporting the top-level menu is still a goal, but we're waiting on Delphi's ARM64 compiler.
- Fixed installing shell extension on Windows 11 21H1 and 21H2. Upgrades from 5.0.2 or earlier will need to turn on the extension in the Options dialog or manually uninstall/reinstall to enable it.
- Fixed "Compare to ..." caption incorrectly showing the entire path for files/folders on portable media devices (MTP)
- Fixed comparing files on portable devices (MTP) when Explorer's "Show > File name extensions" option is turned off
- Fixed menu items not appearing in Libraries virtual folders in cases where BC4 did
- Fixed menu items incorrectly appearing on unsupported virtual folders (e.g., "Libraries") and then trying to open BC with an invalid path
- Fixed duplicate menu items when showing context menu for network servers/shares in Explorer's navigation treeview
- Fixed using "Select Left" on a drive root showing the second menu as 'Compare to ""'
- Fixed using "Select Left" on a file and then selecting a drive root that contains a matching filename showing the second menu as 'Compare to file.ext' instead of 'Compare to C:file.ext'
- Fixed ability for a non-admin user to toggle off and on the Win11 context menu after installing for all users
- Fixed icons appearing with a solid black background when running in an ARM64 process or when selecting files on portable media devices
- Recreated Select Left/Center arrow icons to be more in line with the v4 appearance

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