Folder Comparison Preference Page

Turn to the Command Link Folder Comparison page to customize the following preferences:

Preference
Description
Default
Compare file content only (most comprehensive)
Select this option to compare files in the context of folder comparison using the same differencing algorithm as the file comparison itself. Produces the most accurate and comprehensive results. On
Compare file content when timestamps and/or sizes are different Choose this option to make DeltaWalker use its text differencing algorithm only when the timestamps and/or the sizes of the files being compared are different. While potentially faster, such comparison can report files with different content as same if their timestamps and sizes are the same. Off
Compare file timestamps

With this option selected DeltaWalker will use only the files' timestamps as comparison criterion. This is a very fast, but not a very accurate way of comparing files.

Off
Compare file sizes

With this option on DeltaWalker will use only the files' sizes as comparison criterion. Very fast, but not very accurate.

Off
Compare file timestamps and sizes

Choosing this option will have DeltaWalker use the files' timestamps and sizes as comparison criteria. Very fast, but not very accurate.

Off
Compare byte-by-byte files larger than ...

Performing content comparison of large binary files using the built-in text comparison algorithm can use a large amount of memory and take a long time to complete.

Use this option to perform byte-by-byte comparison for files larger than the specified size—typically such comparison is faster and uses less memory. Since text comparison filters and options e.g. ignore whitespace, ignore case, etc. do not apply to byte-by-byte comparison, the Diffs column in the folder comparison window will show 0 when byte-by-byte compared files are the same and 1 when they are different.


512 KB
Ignore timestamp differences of less than... seconds

This option can help you ignore artificial time differences imposed by some file systems. For instance, FAT32 sets the time to the specified time rounded up to the nearest even second. As a result, files and folders copied or moved to such file systems may be reported as different when compared by their timestamps. Other times, network latency can cause copy or move operations to create resources with timestamps different from the original.

Off / 2.000
Don't expand nodes for comparisons with more than ... items

Expanding thousands of nodes is time consuming and can present an overwhelming amount of information. Turn on this option to see the big picture first—nodes containing differences are shown in full color, while identical nodes have dimmed icons and grayed labels. That way you can more easily focus on areas of interest and selectively expand branches.

On / 50000
Show Date Modified

When checked, the Date Modified columns in the folder comparison window are visible; hidden when unchecked.

Off
Show Size

When checked, the Size columns in the folder comparison window are visible; hidden when unchecked.

On
Open up to ... file comparison windows at a time Enable this option to control the number of file comparison windows that can be opened via the Compare Selected command available on the folder comparison local toolbar and menu. This protects you from accidentally locking the UI by opening too many files at once. On / 20

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