WINMERGE WinMerge is an Open Source comparing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle. WinMerge can be used as an external differencing/merging tool or as a standalone application. WinMerge has many helpful supporting features to make comparing, synchronising, and merging as easy and useful as possible. Several programming languages and other file formats are syntax-highlighted. The latest WinMerge version and WinMerge information is available at https://winmerge.org/. Quick start =========== To learn how to perform basic operations after installing WinMerge, click Help>WinMerge Help and navigate to the Quick start topic. Or, go to the Web version at https://manual.winmerge.org/QuickStart.html. WinMerge Help ============= WinMerge Help is installed locally as a Microsoft HTML Help file, WinMerge.chm, when you install WinMerge. To open Help, click Help>WinMerge Help or press F1 in the WinMerge window. On the command line, run the WinMerge executable with the /? help switch. You can also browse the HTML version of WinMerge Help at https://manual.winmerge.org/. WinMerge Support ================ Questions or suggestions about WinMerge? A good place to start is the WinMerge community bulletin board at https://forums.winmerge.org/. Developers frequently read and respond to questions in both forums. Use the Open Discussion forum for general WinMerge issues, such as questions about usage. Use the Developers forum for WinMerge development issues. Bugs and feature requests ========================= If an issue is not resolved in the the WinMerge forums, check the project trackers: go to https://project.winmerge.org/, and click a link in the Trackers menu, like Bugs and Feature Requests, where you can browse or submit items. If you submit a bug, please include the WinMerge version number in your report. You can generate a configuration log by clicking Help>Configuration. Please attach the configuration log to the bug report; it has lots of useful information for developers. - The WinMerge Developers