sdottaka
commented
3 months ago If you check the Options window → Shell Integration category → Enable advanced menu check box, the advanced menu is enabled and a WinMerge→Select Left menu item appears in the Explorer context menu. Selecting this does not start WinMerge immediately. If you then display the context menu again in another Explorer window and choose the WinMerge→Compare menu item, WinMerge will start and compare the selected files or folders.
tauheedul
Current behaviour It is currently possible to perform a WinMerge comparison of selected multiple files in Windows File Explorer...
When both files are in the same active window - Select 2 files in Windows Explorer > right click and select WinMerge from the context menu.
Select a sub folder to compare a selected file - It is also possible to select a sub folder in the active folder of Windows Explorer and then select a file to compare in the active folder and right click > and select WinMerge from the context menu. Then WinMerge will automatically try to compare the file with a file with the same name in the sub folder.
Description of issue If the files are located in two separate active File Explorer windows or tabs, the right click to display the selected file context menu > WinMerge loads the path of first file to compare but requires the user specify the path of the 2nd file.
This is fine if you only have a couple of files to compare, but not practical for batch file comparison.
Suggested functionality In the Windows File Explorer, please add a WinMerge sub-context menu option... "Select file for WinMerge comparison" for the 1st selected file
Then if the user right clicks to select the 2nd file in a separate active Windows Explorer window, this would simply display the WinMerge context menu option and would directly load both files for comparison when clicked.
This would enable the ability to compare files between folders without needing to copy and paste the file paths individually or navigating for the file via the Browse button.