How to Use the Windiff.exe Utility

To compare two files by using Windiff.exe, follow these steps:

1.	Start Windiff.exe.
2.	On the File menu, click Compare Files.
3.	In the Select First File dialog box, locate and then click a file name for the first file in the comparison, and then click Open.
4.	In the Select Second File dialog box, locate and then click a file name for the second file in the comparison, and then click Open. The information in the right pane indicates whether there is a file difference.
5.	To view the actual file differences, click the first line in the Windiff.exe output results, and then on the Expand menu, click Left File Only, Right File Only, or Both Files. The color-coded results indicate what the file differences are.

To compare two folders by using Windiff.exe, follow these steps:

1.	Start Windiff.exe.
2.	On the File menu, click Compare Directories.
3.	In the Select Directories dialog box, type the two folder names that you want to compare in the Dir1 and Dir2 boxes. If you want to include subfolders, click to select the Include subdirectories check box. The information in the right pane indicates the differences between the two folders.
4.	To view the actual file differences, click the line that you want in the Windiff.exe output results, and then on the Expand menu, click Left File Only, Right File Only or Both Files. The color-coded results indicate what the file differences are.