Download WinMerge 2.16.16

A new stable version of WinMerge has been released. With WinMerge files or folders can be compared with each other: useful, for example to see what has changed between different pieces of source code or to sift through the contents of log files. The program includes syntax highlighting and the application can create patch files based on the differences discovered. Since version 2.16.14, the following changes and improvements have been made:

What’s New in 2.16.16

General

• Fix a problem where the string in the Windows common dialog would not
  change to the language when switching languages.

File compare

• BugFix: Fix not getting the proper error message when saving failed

table compare

• BugFix: Cannot resize last column with UI(#998†
• Reloading a file that was changed by another application does not preserve
  column widths (#951†

Image compare

• BugFix: Fix an issue where drag-and-drop of file would only work once.

Folder compare

• Bug Fix: Sync (Super Slow) (#771†
• BugFix: Fix an issue where filters are not applied correctly when opening
  a project file containing multiple items with different filters. (PR #995†
• [Feature Request] New Display Columns: Dimensions + Size Difference (#131†
• FolderCompare: Additional Properties (Windows Property System+Hash
  (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256)) (PR #996†

Options dialog

• BugFix: Fix the problem that the “Register Shell Extension for Windows 11 or
  later” button is not enabled when another user has registered
  Shell Extension for Windows 11.

Plugins

• BugFix: Plugin unpacked file extension problem
  (get_PluginUnpackedFileExtension) (#983†
• BugFix: Comparing broken lnk-files (windows shortcuts) freezes WinMerge
  †#1007†
• Apache Tika plugin: Update Apache tika to 2.1.0 and change the
  download URL
• CompareMSExcelFiles.sct: Make the number before the sheet name zero-padded

Shell extension

• BugFix: ShellExtension for Windows 11 did not work on machines that did not
  have MSVCP140.dll VCRUNTIME140*.dll installed.
• BugFix: Loop counter should be the same type as the count type. (PR #987†
• ShellExtension for Windows11: Disable Registry Write Virtualization

Manual

• Where to report documentation/help errors? †#1004†

translations

• translation updates:
  • Galician (PR #1005†
  • German (PR #986†#1027†
  • Hungarian (PR #991†#1023†
  • Japanese
  • Lithuanian (PR #979†
  • Portuguese (PR #1017†
  • Slovenian (#1026†
  • Turkish (PR #980†

internals

• BugFix: Missing packages.config (also outdated) and wrong NuGet packages
  path in the WinMergeContextMenu.vcxproj and .filters file (#985†
• Fix typo in OpenView.cpp(PR #1000†

What’s New in 2.16.15 Beta

General

• BugFix: WinMerge would crash when launched if the registry or INI file
  contained invalid values.
• BugFix: Winmerge Crash when comparing 2 files from Windows Explorer context
  menu (#808† #908† #913†
• BugFix: Incorrect text color for selected menu item on Windows 11
• BugFix: 50% cpu use by winmergeu.exe after program closed (#903†
• Digitally sign packages (#152†

File compare

• BugFix: The mouse cursor did not change to an hourglass when the files or
  plugins were taking a long time to load.
• BugFix: Save Middle and Save Middle As menu items were not enabled when
  comparing three files.
• BugFix: A two-pane window was displayed even though
  New (3panes) → Table menu item was selected.
• BugFix: The height of each pane in the Diff pane was calculated incorrectly
  when comparing three files.
• BugFix: Unicode SMP chars misrendered after performing a find (#914†
• Bug Fix: Crash when pressing Shift+F4 key
• Bug Fix: Replace slow (#940†
• BugFix: When moving in the scroll pane, the selected position is incorrect
  †#970†
• BugFix: When the Diff pane was redisplayed, the scroll position of the Diff
  pane was not appropriate. (osdn.net #42862)
• Make “Do not close this box” checkbox in search window On by default (#941†

Image compare

• BugFix: Duplicate menu shortcut in translations (#905†
• BugFix: Image comparison (winimerge #24†

Project file

• Add a feature to save/restore compare options to/from a project file.(#498†
  (PR #915†

Options dialog

• Add a feature to set items saved to or restored from the project file.
  (PR #953†

Plugins

• New unpacker plugins:
  • DecompileJVM
  • DecompileIL
  • DisassembleNative

command line

• Added /c column number command line option
• Added /EnableExitCode command line option

Shell extension

• BugFix: WinMerge’s extended menu items were doubly inserted into the context
  menu or Explorer’s navigation pane. (osdn.net #42702)
• BugFix: Right click – compare – is unclear (#249†
• Added a new DLL (WinMergeContextMenu.dll) for the Windows 11 Explorer context
  menu (currently unstable and not registered by default) (PR #954†

translations

• translation updates:
  • Brazilian (PR #910†
  • Dutch (PR #921†#969†
  • German (PR #965†#977†
  • Hungarian (PR #937†#955†
  • Italian (PR #911†
  • Japanese
  • Korean (PR #932†
  • Portuguese (PR #956†#964†#976†
  • Russian (PR #901†#927†#963†
  • Slovenian
  • Swedish (PR #974†
  • Turkish (PR #899†

internals

• README.md: Make it clear that requirements are to build, not use the
  application (PR #942†
• compiler-calculated maximum value for m_SourceDefs (PR #966†

Known issues

• Crashes when comparing large files (GitHub #325†
• Very slow to compare significantly different directories (GitHub #322†
• Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (GitHub #296†