Use this preference page to specify the content type of files for the purposes of folder comparison. Files identified as binary will be compared using byte-by-byte comparison regardless of their size. Byte-by-byte comparison is typically faster and uses less memory. In contrast, comparing the content of large binary files using the built-in text comparison algorithm can lead to memory exhaustion and/or take a long time to complete. This is particularly important when generating linked folder comparison reports.
This preference page allows you to add new, edit or remove existing content types. You can restore the factory-default content type assignments by clicking on the 'Restore Defaults' button.