Through its simple interface, you can easily add folders on Folder 1 and Folder 2 section. After that, you need to click on Process Button to start comparison. A complete report consisting of file names contained by the folders will open up on default browser. On the report, you can view all non-identical files of Folder 1 on the left side, while non-identical files of Folder 2 on the right side.
Even if a single file is not matched between added folders, this software declares those folders as non-identical. The interface of this software also provides a comparison report.
This report contains all identical as well as non-identical files between added folders. This report is more informative than browser report because this report provides identical files as well while browser report does not.
Selection mode is another good feature of this software. It is used to include or exclude the files based on their file extension. All of these features make it one of the best free software to compare folders. Meld is an open source file compare software for Windows. The main feature of this software is its three-way comparison feature.
This feature lets you compare three folders, directories, and files with each other at a time. After launch, it asks you to add files, folders, or directories that you want to compare. Further, you can also apply filters like Same to show only identical content between folders , New to only view the newer files of folders , Modified to show similar files that are slight modified , etc.
You can choose single as well as multiple filters at a time to get the desired results. Split display and color scheme to highlight similar or unique files also make folder comparison easy. Its file comparison feature is also useful as it lets you compare text of two or three files side by side.
All the differences between the text of tested files are highlighted in green color and remaining common text remains the same. You can also setup synchronizing points for texts, to quickly make certain part of text file similar in both files. Here, you can also compare multiple files and folders simultaneously by using its tabular interface. Apart from various features, I also liked its polished and premium looking interface. Compare Advance is another free folder compare software for Windows.
You can also use it to create backup of data as well as for synchronizing data between different folders. Using its internal file explorer, you can add folders that you want to compare. After that, just click on compare button to start comparison. Folder 1 and Folder 2 tabs provide all the files contained in these two folders, respectively.
Same tab shows files which are identical between folders, whereas Different tab shows all non-identical files. However, Overview tab provides all the files of both folders. Various information namely, file name , size , and creation date of files are also provided in these tabs.
In this folder comparison software, you can also view various important statistics such as count of common files , size of common files , size of total number of files in folder 1 or 2, count and size of non-identical files, etc. Some other options to open files, copy files to another folder, and deletion of files are also available.
It uses split interface to compare two directories or folders side by side. Process of adding folders is a bit tricky here as its file explorer only shows system drives.
It makes the task of finding the right folders lengthy. Still, it accomplishes the task of comparing folders quickly. All common files or contents between two folders are shown side by side, to help you identify the common files quickly.
Its color scheme for the comparison of content of different folders also help. You can also compare folders according to date, time, smaller file size, larger file size, etc. This folder comparison software is also capable to compare MP3 files , which is a unique feature as not many folder compare software have this feature. It also has a synchronize feature that synchronizes two folders by copying the missing files and overwriting the same older files with the newer ones. Basically, it makes two folders identical.
You can also view, copy, move, or delete the content of folders. After comparison, you can save result in. Note : During testing, its feature to compare files did not seem to work correctly. DiffMerge is a free file merger and file comparison software for Windows. It also has a feature to compare two folders with each other. You can easily add folders to this software by going to File Menu.
Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I have Win7 and not Vista, but if I have two folders with music and I open and highlight all in one folder and right click and drag to the other folder, and choose Copy Here , any time there is a duplicate it will ask if I want to replace, don't replace or copy and keep both.
The last is not what you want to do. I am assuming Vista works the same, but if you want to be safe, take a flash drive and copy one folder to it. Customize the Taskbar in Windows What Is svchost. Best Smartwatches. Best Gaming Laptops. Best Smart Displays. Best Home Security Systems. Best External Solid State Drives. Best Portable Chargers. Best Phone Chargers. Best Wi-Fi Range Extenders. Best Oculus Quest 2 Accessories. Best iPad Air Cases. Awesome PC Accessories.
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