WinDiff is a graphical
file comparison program published by
Microsoft
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, distributed with
Microsoft Windows
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Support Tools, certain versions of
Microsoft Visual Studio, and as source-code with the
Platform SDK code samples. WinDiff was included in the Windows SDK (previously known as the
Resource Kit, later Platform SDK) since 1992 until Microsoft Windows SDK for
Windows 7
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and
.NET Framework 4 (a.k.a. Windows SDK 7.1). Because portions of the Windows SDK were shipped in Visual Studio, WinDiff was also included in Visual Studio until
Visual Studio 2010. WinDiff was removed from the
Windows 8
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SDK and therefore is not included in
Visual Studio 2012 or any later version.
A number of unofficial standalone uploads of the program remain available.
Versions
See also
*
Comparison of file comparison tools
*
Windows Support Tools
References
External links
* — Includes WinDiff
*
* Unofficial upload a
Grigsoft.com* Unofficial upload a
ComputerPerformance.co.uk
File comparison tools
Microsoft development tools
Microsoft Visual Studio
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