Visual text file differencing and merging tool

WinMerge

WinMerge 2.4.2

  -  2.39 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of WinMerge 2.4.2.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of WinMerge or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Line-diff for all differences (enable/disable from menu View/View Line Differences)
- Compared paths shown in caption
- Highlight character difference in lines
- UI for project files (Open-dialog and File-menu)
- New (quick) compare method for directory compare (Options/compare)
- Copy lines with linenumbers from editor (Edit/Advanced)
- New options-dialog
- Own menus for directory and file compare
- Can open multiple file- and directory-compare windows
- Limit to single instance
- Allow selecting syntax highlight colors
- Show progressbar in directory compare statepane
- New plugin to compare XML files
- New plugin to compare MS Word files
- Ability to compare big binary files and overall speed improvement for comparing big files
- Improvements to archive support
- Simple folder compare reports
- Improvement to Shell Extension for re-selecting first item
- 7-zip plugin installer is downloadable from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13216&package_id=143957