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5.2.0.31950 - February 23; 2026$$$Notable Changes$$$Added support for comparing and filtering Unix owner/group/file type and additional Windows file attributes (e.g.; symbolic link; offline).$$$Expanded support for disabling features via admin policies.$$$Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions; but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank.$$$Table Compare now ignores case and whitespace when aligning columns by name.$$$Fixed Invalid key material type error when connecting to Dropbox.$$$Linux: Updated to Qt 6.$$$Linux: Updated .deb packages for Deb822.$$$Various other enhancements and stability improvements.$$$Admin Policies$$$Expanded support for disabling features via admin policies.$$$Policies are stored in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Windows and as /etc/bcompare.conf on macOS and Linux. See help for details.$$$Added DisableSavedPasswords policy to hide Save Password checkboxes.$$$Added DisableRemoteProfiles policy to disable FTP and cloud profiles. Read-only Subversion access is still enabled.$$$macOS/Linux: Added support for DisableCheckForUpdates policy.$$$Windows: Added /DisableCheckForUpdates; /DisableRemoteProfiles; and /DisableSavedPasswords switches to installer to enable their respective admin policies. /DisableCheckForUpdates is an alias to the existing /DisableUpdates one.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Font sizes no longer change slightly when moving between monitors with different scale factors.$$$Windows: Fixed file view Align with... mode labels for Line # is marked and Select line(s) to align drawing as black on black in dark mode.$$$Windows: Fixed visibility of I-beam with hourglass mouse cursor in dark mode.$$$Windows: Fixed detached merge output panel showing incorrectly sized images if its on a monitor with different scaling than the main view.$$$Linux: Mouse cursor for Picture Compare + and text editor I-beam when busy now use system-provided images to work around issues with Wayland fraction scaling.$$$Linux: Fixed buttons with icons (e.g.; Session > Save Session As > New Subfolder) showing black text on a black background in dark mode.$$$macOS: File Formats dialog now shows red for file formats that wont be used because a higher format matches the same file masks.$$$macOS: Fixed various buttons drawing the button shape smaller when they have focus (e.g.; + and - buttons next to Home view search edit).$$$macOS: Fixed file view comparison results icon in status bar drawing upside down.$$$Folder Compare$$$Windows: Added support for displaying; comparing; and filtering additional Windows file attributes (e.g.; temporary; offline).$$$Added support for filtering symbolic links and other Unix special file types (e.g.; FIFOs; sockets).$$$Added support for comparing files Unix owner/group/permissions.$$$macOS/Linux: Keyboard shortcuts are now suppressed when in an inline rename edit.$$$Fixed Close Subfolders to work on selection instead of just current line; matching Open Subfolders behavior.$$$Fixed Compare Contents incorrectly disabling Binary and Rules-based when the base folders are network servers (\\server); and incorrectly enabling them when the selection is within an expanded snapshot file.$$$Fixed archive files created on a Unix system and stored on a Windows disk sorting incorrectly when sorting by the Attribute column.$$$Windows: Fixed log always being closed in new views on high DPI monitors.$$$Windows: Fixed log height not scaling when moving between monitors with different scaling.$$$FTP / Cloud Services$$$Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions; but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank.$$$Fixed Invalid key material type error when connecting to Dropbox.$$$Fixed failure when using XCRC command with ProFTPD.$$$Fixed poor behavior when entering certain malformed URLs.$$$macOS: FTP Profile > Server > Time zone edit no longer allows

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5.1.7.31736 - December 18; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed hangs when opening Settings dialog or using Install Command Line Tools... on macOS 26.2 Tahoe.$$$Windows: Installer and executables are now only signed with an SHA-256 digital signature and no longer include an SHA-1 one.

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5.1.7.31736 - December 18; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed hangs when opening Settings dialog or using Install Command Line Tools... on macOS 26.2 Tahoe.$$$Windows: Installer and executables are now only signed with an SHA-256 digital signature and no longer include an SHA-1 one.

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5.1.6.31527 - October 29; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$General stability and polish improvements.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Fixed dark mode list tables showing a white space at the right and bottom edges of the column headers.$$$Windows: Fixed list tables showing incorrect line heights on secondary monitors with different scaling than the primary monitor.$$$Explorer Context Menu$$$Fixed GDI object resource leak in classic Explorer context menu; which fixes Explorer crashes when interacting with archive files on Windows 11.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed Find panel losing focus when [Enter] is pressed.$$$Misc$$$Windows: Drag & drop is no longer allowed on disabled windows (e.g.; when showing a modal dialog).$$$Text Merge$$$Fixed input and output panel scrolling not syncing when changing current line.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when closing view tabs/windows.$$$Fixed crash when loading a 7-zip archive and then trying to access a file that has been removed from the archive.$$$Fixed crash when using FILTER scripting command with missing arguments.

5.1.6.31527 - October 29; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$General stability and polish improvements.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Fixed dark mode list tables showing a white space at the right and bottom edges of the column headers.$$$Windows: Fixed list tables showing incorrect line heights on secondary monitors with different scaling than the primary monitor.$$$Explorer Context Menu$$$Fixed GDI object resource leak in classic Explorer context menu; which fixes Explorer crashes when interacting with archive files on Windows 11.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed Find panel losing focus when [Enter] is pressed.$$$Misc$$$Windows: Drag & drop is no longer allowed on disabled windows (e.g.; when showing a modal dialog).$$$Text Merge$$$Fixed input and output panel scrolling not syncing when changing current line.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when closing view tabs/windows.$$$Fixed crash when loading a 7-zip archive and then trying to access a file that has been removed from the archive.$$$Fixed crash when using FILTER scripting command with missing arguments.

5.1.5.31310 - September 8; 2025$$$Changes$$$Updated 7-zip library to v25.01. Fixes CVE-2025-53816 (RAR archive vulnerability) and CVE-2025-53817 (COM compound file vulnerability).$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed repeatedly using Open Clipboard in file compares toggling between the clipboard contents and nothing.$$$Fixed slow/jittery column resizing in Table Compare.

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5.1.5.31310 - September 8; 2025$$$Changes$$$Updated 7-zip library to v25.01. Fixes CVE-2025-53816 (RAR archive vulnerability) and CVE-2025-53817 (COM compound file vulnerability).$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed repeatedly using Open Clipboard in file compares toggling between the clipboard contents and nothing.$$$Fixed slow/jittery column resizing in Table Compare.

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5.1.4.31268 - August 26; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed crash regressions introduced in 5.1.3.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed pop-up message so it always appears above the log.$$$Find Filename dialog now always keeps one side or the other checked.$$$Misc$$$Windows: Fixed taskbar icon temporarily disappearing when moving between monitors with different scaling.$$$Text Compare$$$Fixed Find for offscreen text flashing found line at bottom of display before moving to correct position; broken in 5.1.3.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed Next Difference hang/crash; broken in 5.1.3.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed Control has no parent window. crash on startup; broken in 5.1.3.

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5.1.4.31268 - August 26; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed crash regressions introduced in 5.1.3.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed pop-up message so it always appears above the log.$$$Find Filename dialog now always keeps one side or the other checked.$$$Misc$$$Windows: Fixed taskbar icon temporarily disappearing when moving between monitors with different scaling.$$$Text Compare$$$Fixed Find for offscreen text flashing found line at bottom of display before moving to correct position; broken in 5.1.3.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed Next Difference hang/crash; broken in 5.1.3.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed Control has no parent window. crash on startup; broken in 5.1.3.

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5.1.2.31185 - July 24; 2025$$$Changes$$$Fixed mouse clicks on checkboxes in list tables not toggling the correct checkbox; broken in 5.1.1.$$$Fixed Text Compare crash when deleting a single line difference.

5.1.2.31185 - July 24; 2025$$$Changes$$$Fixed mouse clicks on checkboxes in list tables not toggling the correct checkbox; broken in 5.1.1.$$$Fixed Text Compare crash when deleting a single line difference.

5.1.1.31157 - July 22; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$Updated unrar to v7.12 (Windows DLL) and v7.1.8 (macOS/Linux source); fixing a path extraction vulnerability.$$$Linux: Creating an empty /etc/default/bcompare file will prevent the .rpm package from adding the Beyond Compare repository.$$$Linux: Launcher script now sets QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb to improve behavior under Wayland.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Fixed Folder Compare > Session Settings > Misc > Enabled file formats list view appearance when toggling checkboxes in dark mode.$$$macOS: Fixed Profiles > Server > Time zone combobox drawing the focus ring at the wrong position; not clipping long text early enough; and not changing to gray when the window is inactive.$$$Fixed dark mode binary differences icon using a different red than differences one; and fixed the 100% scaling differences one using a darker red than the rest of the sizes.$$$File Formats$$$Improved Python file format number grammar to make decimal point optional.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed Copy to Other Side icon not reflecting the current selection after using Swap Sides while an orphan was selected.$$$Installer$$$Linux: Creating an empty /etc/default/bcompare file will prevent the .rpm package from adding the Beyond Compare repository.$$$Misc$$$Linux: Launcher script now sets QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb to improve behavior under Wayland.$$$macOS/Linux: Added Explore settings folder link to Help > Support dialog.$$$Linux: Updated readme with supported distros and instructions for RHEL10.$$$Improved list table controls fitting all columns into view.$$$Added indicator of where an item will be moved to when dragging to rearrange items in some list boxes.$$$Table Compare$$$Restored behavior of resizing a column scrolling left and repositioning the mouse cursor when necessary.$$$Third Party Libraries$$$Updated unrar to v7.12 (Windows DLL) and v7.1.8 (macOS/Linux source); fixing path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218).$$$Version Compare$$$Default to neutral language version info instead of current language; matching Windows behavior since Vista.$$$Updated list of known Processor and DLL Flags values.$$$Improved performance; error handling; and detection of the operating system.$$$Crashes$$$Windows: Fixed crash when using the mouse wheel while BC has focus and the mouse is over another processs window.

5.1.0.31016 - June 4; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$Re-added support for disjointed row selection to Table Compare.$$$Improved Home View to make less common comparison types more discoverable.$$$Various other enhancements and stability improvements.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Crosshatching used for missing lines and after the end of the file is now scaled on high DPI displays.$$$Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode incorrectly drawing as pressed after starting a drag & drop.$$$Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode not showing a focus rectangle.$$$File Views$$$Fixed using the mouse wheel over the comparison thumbnail. If the thumbnail has Allow Scrolling enabled; it will scroll the thumbnail view. If not it will scroll the main comparison window.$$$Fixed using the mouse wheel over the main comparison editor/grid scrollbars.$$$Home View$$$All comparison types are now shown by default.$$$Removed secondary page under the > button in favor of making favorited icons large and making the rest smaller and on a second row.$$$Added Text Edit button.$$$Misc$$$Fixed flickering hints on Session toolbar buttons dropdown window.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed popup hints for truncated items not matching the font for the underlying control.$$$Fixed view tab scroll buttons continuing to draw as hot when the mouse leaves the control.$$$Showing long hints no longer adds a trailing ellipsis.$$$Table Compare$$$Added support for disjointed row selection.$$$Added Next/Previous Difference Sheet commands.$$$Added Select Sheet submenu to sheet tab controls context menu.$$$Unhide Column list now includes columns hidden because of Hide Same Columns.$$$Improved File Info regional handling.$$$macOS/Linux: Added support for configuring Unicode characters for date; time; thousands; and decimal separators.$$$Removed maximum limit on column widths.$$$Current cell is now drawn with a border rather than a fake selection.$$$Editor status bar now includes current column as well as current row.$$$Cells will now show a hint if theyre clipped by the right edge of the editor.$$$Fixed comparison drawing incorrectly until its invalidated when performing a slow compare or using key columns.$$$Fixed handling of really long rows.$$$Fixed popup hint/tooltip for shortened header cells not showing entire text.$$$Fixed moving into a cell to scroll to make the column fully visible.$$$Align With will no longer trigger a horizontal scroll.$$$Improved size/appearance of sheet tab controls scroll buttons.$$$Changed sheet tabs scroll buttons to show colored arrows instead of a color spot when there are offscreen differences.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed multi-sheet scroll buttons not appearing.$$$Fixed popup hints for extremely long cells displaying worse than v4.$$$Fixed Session Settings Columns and Sheets pages not scaling column widths when moving between monitors with different scale factors.$$$Text Views$$$Gutter buttons now draw as hot when the mouse is over them even if theyre pressed. (e.g.; Text Merge Conflict state)$$$Crashes$$$macOS/Linux: Increased the maximum stack size saved when a crash occurs.$$$Fixed Text Compare crash or incorrect comparison when comparing a file with a byte order mark to itself.$$$Fixed Text Merge crash after pressing backspace when positioned at the beginning of a line immediately after a missing one.$$$Fixed Table Compare crash when mouse dragging causes current row to change quickly.$$$Fixed Table Compare crash when using Hide Same Columns with a row fully selected.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed Control has no parent form or frame crash.

5.1.0.31016 - June 4; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$Re-added support for disjointed row selection to Table Compare.$$$Improved Home View to make less common comparison types more discoverable.$$$Various other enhancements and stability improvements.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Crosshatching used for missing lines and after the end of the file is now scaled on high DPI displays.$$$Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode incorrectly drawing as pressed after starting a drag & drop.$$$Windows: Fixed Home View buttons in dark mode not showing a focus rectangle.$$$File Views$$$Fixed using the mouse wheel over the comparison thumbnail. If the thumbnail has Allow Scrolling enabled; it will scroll the thumbnail view. If not it will scroll the main comparison window.$$$Fixed using the mouse wheel over the main comparison editor/grid scrollbars.$$$Home View$$$All comparison types are now shown by default.$$$Removed secondary page under the > button in favor of making favorited icons large and making the rest smaller and on a second row.$$$Added Text Edit button.$$$Misc$$$Fixed flickering hints on Session toolbar buttons dropdown window.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed popup hints for truncated items not matching the font for the underlying control.$$$Fixed view tab scroll buttons continuing to draw as hot when the mouse leaves the control.$$$Showing long hints no longer adds a trailing ellipsis.$$$Table Compare$$$Added support for disjointed row selection.$$$Added Next/Previous Difference Sheet commands.$$$Added Select Sheet submenu to sheet tab controls context menu.$$$Unhide Column list now includes columns hidden because of Hide Same Columns.$$$Improved File Info regional handling.$$$macOS/Linux: Added support for configuring Unicode characters for date; time; thousands; and decimal separators.$$$Removed maximum limit on column widths.$$$Current cell is now drawn with a border rather than a fake selection.$$$Editor status bar now includes current column as well as current row.$$$Cells will now show a hint if theyre clipped by the right edge of the editor.$$$Fixed comparison drawing incorrectly until its invalidated when performing a slow compare or using key columns.$$$Fixed handling of really long rows.$$$Fixed popup hint/tooltip for shortened header cells not showing entire text.$$$Fixed moving into a cell to scroll to make the column fully visible.$$$Align With will no longer trigger a horizontal scroll.$$$Improved size/appearance of sheet tab controls scroll buttons.$$$Changed sheet tabs scroll buttons to show colored arrows instead of a color spot when there are offscreen differences.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed multi-sheet scroll buttons not appearing.$$$Fixed popup hints for extremely long cells displaying worse than v4.$$$Fixed Session Settings Columns and Sheets pages not scaling column widths when moving between monitors with different scale factors.$$$Text Views$$$Gutter buttons now draw as hot when the mouse is over them even if theyre pressed. (e.g.; Text Merge Conflict state)$$$Crashes$$$macOS/Linux: Increased the maximum stack size saved when a crash occurs.$$$Fixed Text Compare crash or incorrect comparison when comparing a file with a byte order mark to itself.$$$Fixed Text Merge crash after pressing backspace when positioned at the beginning of a line immediately after a missing one.$$$Fixed Table Compare crash when mouse dragging causes current row to change quickly.$$$Fixed Table Compare crash when using Hide Same Columns with a row fully selected.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed Control has no parent form or frame crash.

5.0.7.30840 - April 16; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$General stability and polish improvements.$$$Appearance$$$Dark mode: Fixed contrast for border lines used for Table Compare grid and current line in various views.$$$File Views$$$Fixed comparison thumbnail leaving column of garbage pixels on the right side.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed crash when sorting large directories.$$$Windows: Fixed some Windows 11 network shares being detected as Samba.$$$Picture Compare$$$Windows: Fixed Full Screen (F11) positioning incorrectly.$$$Third Party Libraries$$$Windows: Updated FlexCel to v7.24.0.$$$Windows Explorer Context Menu Extension$$$Fixed shell extension menu icons being too large when shown from a DPI-unaware application running on a high DPI display.$$$Fixed shell extension menu icons misaligning with other shell extensions when showing a folders context menu on Windows 7 under the Classic theme.$$$Fixed shell extension Merge menu items staying visible if theyre turned on and then BC is registered using a Standard edition license.$$$Fixed shell extension installation when powershell isnt in the system %PATH%.$$$Reduced file sizes for the shell extension DLLs back down to what they were in 5.0.2.$$$Crashes$$$Windows: Fixed Tools > Options > Tweaks crash when scrolling using the mouse wheel on Windows 7.$$$Windows: Fixed crashes when opening Excel files with unexpected data.

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5.0.6.30713 - February 27 ; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$Improved ability to modify comparison settings in Table Compares main view.$$$General improvements and stability fixes.$$$FTP$$$Fixed midnight timestamps on SFTP servers not adjusting based on the time zone.$$$Updated Indy library to v10.6.3.0.$$$Misc$$$Windows: Fixed Explorer context menu extensions too large icons on Windows 11 Show More Options menu when the primary monitor has a lower scaling factor than a secondary one.$$$macOS: Improved hardware and OS information included in crash reports.$$$macOS: Fixed dark mode context menus showing selected items in radio groups with a black dot. (e.g.; display filters type in toolbar context menu)$$$macOS: Fixed Windows menu showing minimized windows with a solid diamond instead of the hollow one used by recent macOS releases.$$$Table Compare$$$When key columns are defined; BC4s sorted alignment will be used instead of a configurable one.$$$Extra columns are no longer treated as missing.$$$Renamed Alignment session settings page to Rows.$$$Updated Columns session settings page context menu:$$$Added Edit...; Move Up; and Move Down.$$$Removed Key; Standard; Unimportant; General; and Text.$$$Improved Edit > Delete Column; and Edit > Insert Column Before/After commands.$$$Edit > Align With... command is only shown if no keys are defined.$$$Updated column header context menu:$$$Added Column Handling....$$$Added Align Left/Right Column With.$$$Added Align Columns by Number/Left Name/Right Name.$$$Removed General/Text Column.$$$Added context menu to sheet tabs at bottom of view:$$$Added Align Left/Right Sheet With.$$$Added Align Sheets by Number/Left Name/Right Name.$$$Added Row Alignment...; and Sort Rows Before Alignment which are only shown if no keys are defined.$$$Fixed various issues with Edit > Sort... dialog.$$$Fixed line details not scrolling to show active cell when moving in main editor.$$$Fixed HTML tables getting truncated.$$$Fixed crash or incorrect comparison results; broken in 5.0.5.$$$Fixed changing comparison settings for non-existent columns to take effect immediately.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when using arrow keys to navigate MRU lists in path edits.

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5.0.5.30614 - January 15; 2025$$$Notable Changes$$$Improved Table Compare user interface for column alignment.$$$SFTP profiles Use aggressive uploads to OpenSSH servers option is now turned off by default.$$$Windows: Explorer context menus Hide Select Left if there is already a saved selection option now only controls the Windows 11 top-level menu.$$$Updated third party libraries.$$$Various other fixes and improvements.$$$Cloud Services$$$Fixed authentication errors when uploading/downloading from a OneDrive account.$$$File Formats$$$Fixed conversion errors when loading files saved with MS Word 2010.$$$FTP$$$Changed default for SFTP profiles Use aggressive uploads to OpenSSH servers option to be disabled by default since it can cause data corruption on some servers.$$$Installer$$$Upgrading the shell extension no longer triggers the installer to ask for a reboot. Explorer will still use the old version until its been restarted or logged out; and uninstalling BC then reinstalling still requires a reboot between them.

5.0.4.30422 - November 25; 2024$$$Notable Changes$$$Fixed SFTP public key authentication failures when the server has SHA-1 disabled.$$$Fixed Text Merge crash when taking changes on a line that is longer than the maximum line length.$$$Added per-sheet alignment settings for Table Compare.$$$Switched Table Compare Copy to Left/Right (Ctrl+L/R) back to copying rows instead of individual cells.$$$Various other tweaks and improvements; primarily in Table Compare.$$$FTP$$$Fixed SFTP public key authentication failures when the server has SHA-1 disabled.$$$Hex Compare$$$Clicking on the Byte address = 000000000 menu item now copies the address to the clipboard.$$$Home View$$$Sticker now has a hint to show the URL it will visit when clicked.$$$Picture Compare$$$Fixed Swap Sides failing to update left and right image controls.$$$Table Compare$$$Switched Copy to Left/Right back to copying rows instead of individual cells. Copy Cell to Left/Right are still independently available commands.$$$Added per-sheet alignment settings.$$$Added ability to override region settings on a per-side basis from the File Info bar.$$$Added Never align differences and Skew tolerance alignment options.$$$Added Sheet option to Go To dialog.$$$Removed Resize Column to Fit menu item in favor of a Detect option in the Resize Column dialog.$$$Fixed header context menu handling when all columns are hidden.$$$Improved difference handling of missing cells.$$$Removed New and Delete commands from Columns and Sheets session settings pages.$$$Right clicking on a sheet tab activates that tab.$$$Minor UI tweaks$$$Adjusted menu item order in header context menu.$$$Tweaked layout of Session Settings > Columns and Sheets pages.$$$Tweaked Column handling UI.$$$Text Views$$$Tweaked Alignment session settings layout.$$$Crashes$$$Fixed Text Merge crash when taking changes on a line that is longer than the maximum line length.

Beyond Compare 5 Change Log$$$5.0.3.30258 - October 24; 2024$$$Notable Changes$$$Windows: Significantly improved Explorer context menu extension; including re-adding main menu/submenu configuration where possible; support for processes running as Administrator; and limited ARM64 support.$$$Linux: Fixed text editor width calculations for monospace fonts.$$$Other minor fixes and enhancements.$$$Appearance$$$Windows: Fixed checkbox lists dotted level lines showing as black-on-black in dark mode.$$$Folder Compare$$$macOS: Fixed status bar showing free disk space as 0 bytes on Intel CPUs.$$$Fixed path edit incorrectly showing both the error message and path smushed together after a load error.$$$Installer$$$Windows: Fixed hang when trying to install the Windows 11 Explorer context menu if calling PowerShell generates unexpected output.$$$Windows: Install/uninstall log now includes details of the shell extension install.$$$Windows: Removed Delete all Beyond Compare 5 settings checkbox in the uninstallers confirmation dialog when doing an All Users uninstall.$$$Windows: Fixed uninstaller not closing BCClipboard automatically.$$$Windows: Made shell extension upgrade process for non-admin installs more robust.$$$Windows: Updated Inno Setup to 6.3.3.$$$Misc$$$Linux: Fixed File Formats dialog not remembering the checkbox state for enabled file formats.$$$Table Compare$$$Fixed auto-sized widths for ignored unimportant columns.$$$Fixed copy to clipboard handling of cells containing line endings or a delimiter.$$$Text Views$$$Linux: Fixed width calculations for monospace fonts.$$$Windows Explorer Context Menu Extension$$$Re-added ability to configure menu items to appear directly on the top level menu or in a Beyond Compare submenu when shown on the Windows 10; in Windows 11s Show More Options menu; and in third-party applications.$$$Fixed extension not appearing in Run As Administrator processes on Windows 11 (e.g.; Total Commander).$$$Fixed extension not showing in Windows 11 for ARM64 Show More Options menu. Supporting the top-level menu is still a goal; but were waiting on Delphis ARM64 compiler.$$$Fixed installing shell extension on Windows 11 21H1 and 21H2. Upgrades from 5.0.2 or earlier will need to turn on the extension in the Options dialog or manually uninstall/reinstall to enable it.$$$Fixed Compare to ... caption incorrectly showing the entire path for files/folders on portable media devices (MTP).$$$Fixed comparing files on portable devices (MTP) when Explorers Show > File name extensions option is turned off.$$$Fixed menu items not appearing in Libraries virtual folders in cases where BC4 did.$$$Fixed menu items incorrectly appearing on unsupported virtual folders (e.g.; Libraries) and then trying to open BC with an invalid path.$$$Fixed duplicate menu items when showing context menu for network servers/shares in Explorers navigation treeview.$$$Fixed using Select Left on a drive root showing the second menu as Compare to .$$$Fixed using Select Left on a file and then selecting a drive root that contains a matching filename showing the second menu as Compare to \file.ext instead of Compare to C:\file.ext.$$$Fixed ability for a non-admin user to toggle off and on the Win11 context menu after installing for all users.$$$Fixed icons appearing with a solid black background when running in an ARM64 process or when selecting files on portable media devices.$$$Recreated Select Left/Center arrow icons to be more in line with the v4 appearance.

5.0.2.30045 - August 27; 2024$$$Notable Changes$$$Added Side option to Folder Compare Alignment Override settings to match from right to left.$$$General fixes and stability improvements.$$$File Views$$$Fixed updating sided display filters when using Swap Sides.$$$Folder Compare$$$Added Side option to Alignment Override settings to match from right to left in addition to existing left to right remapping.$$$Fixed Swap Sides to update Sort Side and Alignment Override settings.$$$FTP$$$Fixed timeout (110) errors when connecting to SFTP servers that expect the client to send the welcome packet first.$$$Fixed SFTP corruption when uploading to OpenSSH for Windows.$$$Installer$$$Windows: Fixed installer putting the Start Menu icon in the top-level Start Menu folder rather than the Start Menu\Programs subfolder.$$$Misc$$$Linux: Fixed missing UTF-8/UTF-16 options in file encoding dropdowns.$$$macOS: Fixed number/decimal separator showing as ? for some regions.$$$macOS: Fixed path edit autocomplete in main comparison windows.$$$Fixed reading text lines longer than 65536 characters in various places.$$$Picture Compare$$$Fixed changing tolerance after the initial comparison is done to update the comparison results.$$$Registry Compare$$$Fixed parse error for .reg files with lines longer than 65536 characters.$$$Table Compare$$$Fixed canceling Go To and Resize Column dialogs.$$$Fixed comparing region settings.$$$Fixed MS Excel Workbook comparisons to use systems regional settings instead of forcing English ones.$$$Fixed displaying negative numbers as -x instead of (x).$$$Fixed detection of numbers to require a digit before or after the decimal separator.$$$Fixed HTML reports formatting the first sheets name differently than the rest.$$$Text Compare$$$Fixed Next Difference to not skip missing lines.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed crash/hang when generating a report.$$$Fixed crash when using Swap Sides in Media and Version Compare when there are hidden items.

5.0.1.29877 - July 19; 2024$$$Notable Changes$$$General Table Compare improvements.$$$Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when importing v4 settings.$$$Archives$$$Updated unrar to v7.1.100.1230 (Windows DLL) and v7.0.9 (macOS/Linux source).$$$macOS: Fixed comparing files in rar archives in file views or using the Compare Contents command.$$$File Formats$$$Fixed crash when comparing Rich Text Format (.rtf) files.$$$File Views$$$macOS/Linux: Added support for $$$; \r; and \t escape sequences in regular expression replacement strings.$$$Fixed File is being used by another process error when trying to save a file that originally included only a UTF-8 byte order mark.$$$Folder Compare$$$Windows: Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions.$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed Session Settings > Other Filters > Larger Than/Smaller Than filters ignoring the KB/MB/GB combobox.$$$Misc$$$Fixed support for importing v5 State settings (e.g.; MRU lists; form positions).$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when trying to import v4 settings.$$$macOS: Fixed translated versions showing checkboxes with the original English text.$$$Table Compare$$$Added Just current sheet report option.$$$Added report headers indicating the sheet names.$$$Fixed Hide Same Columns hiding everything when loading a single-sided comparison.$$$Fixed crash when generating a report using Just selection on sheets past the first.$$$Fixed sheet tab captions not updating when swapping sides.$$$Fixed sheet tabs not recalculating their width when the caption or difference spot changes.$$$Fixed file info bar displaying incorrect or truncated strings.$$$Fixed issues with Info and Report generation for multiple sheets.$$$Text Views$$$Fixed crash when using Find > Select All twice when the found text exists on the last line of the file.

Beyond Compare 5 Change Log$$$5.0.0.29773 - July 8; 2024$$$This is the first official release of Beyond Compare version 5.$$$$$$Significant New Features$$$Word wrap in Text Compare and Text Merge.$$$Dark mode.$$$Table Compare can compare multiple Excel sheets and has other enhancements.$$$Text Merge manual alignment supports multi-line selections.$$$Windows: Per-monitor DPI scaling.$$$Windows: Explorer context menu integration enhanced and supports Windows 11.$$$macOS: Native Apple M series support and additional performance improvements.$$$Linux: Upgraded to QT 5.$$$Additional Enhancements$$$Version Compare supports more header fields; and has better MUI and error handling.$$$Media Compare (formerly MP3 compare) has been enhanced and supports additional file types (FLAC; MP3; MP4/AAC).$$$Media Compare; Picture Compare; and Version Compare now launch Hex or Picture Compare when double clicking on tags.$$$Open Clipboard command added to Registry Compare; Media Compare; Version Compare; and Text Edit.$$$Added file viewer keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + / ?+ and Ctrl - / ?- for Display Font Increase/Decrease and Picture Compare Zoom In/Out.$$$Command line now supports using /fv=Hex Compare for archive files.$$$File viewer encoding auto-detection now matches against the entire file instead of just the first 64KB.$$$Fixed reading BC scripts saved as UTF-8 without a byte order mark.$$$Mouse wheel scrolls the control under the mouse cursor rather than the one that has focus.$$$Windows: Register for All Users option will now store the key in C:\ProgramData (%AllUsersProfile%) instead of Program Files so it doesnt need to show a UAC prompt.$$$Windows/Linux: Titlebars now show Administrator: or (Root Session) when run elevated.$$$Windows: Loading a base folder that contains a Windows shortcut file named target.lnk will no longer automatically redirect to the target of that shortcut.$$$Windows: Fixed various issues with control and menu appearance on Windows 11.$$$macOS: Copies within a single file system now make linked copy-on-write clones; so the file data isnt duplicated until one of them changes.$$$Linux: Added KDE6 file manager integration. Thank you to Benjamin Robin.$$$Default Settings Changed$$$Windows: File views now assume UTF-8 instead of ANSI encoding for files unless it detects extended characters.$$$FTP/FTPS/SFTP use binary transfers for all files instead of doing ASCII ones for some file types. The previous Auto behavior still exists as an option.$$$FTP/FTPS/SFTP now uses UTF-8 for command/filename encoding by default. Previous Detect behavior can be changed in the profiles Server > Encoding tab.$$$Deleting in folder compare/sync will now use the recycle bin by default.$$$Windows: Tools > Source Control dialog (MSSCCI integration) is now hidden by default since most version control systems no longer support it. It can be manually re-enabled in Options > Toolbars; etc.$$$Increased Binary size for binary compare from 65KB to 4MB.$$$Limit next difference files to current folder is now off by default.$$$Added Ignore Same; Favor Left; and Favor Right buttons to Text Merge toolbar.$$$Removed Text Compare Full Edit toggle. Full editing support is always enabled.$$$Table Compare$$$Autodetection of file formatting and column type has been improved.$$$Multiple MS Excel sheets and multiple HTML tables can be compared with tabs.$$$Default comparison uses a standard alignment rather than a sorted one.$$$Individual cells are colored based on their differences.$$$CSV files support editing on a cell-by-cell basis.$$$Windows Explorer context menu extension$$$Works in the top-level menu in Windows 11.$$$Added Compare Using Hex Compare for archive files.$$$Added support for right clicking on the desktop or in the background of a folder view to act on that folder.$$$Using Select Left File and then right clicking on a folder now supports comparing a file of the same name within that folder.$$$Edit command

4.4.7.28397 - October 19; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in RPM uninstall script in 4.4.5 and 4.4.6. To upgrade/uninstall those versions see https://www.scootersoftware.com/kb/linuxpreun$$$Fixed hex compare incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$General updates and stability fixes.$$$File Formats$$$Windows: - Updated pdftotext to v4.04.$$$Folder Compare$$$Linux: Updated smb:// support for KDE and DBUS integration.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$Installer$$$Linux: RPM installer no longer tries to import our GPG key automatically.$$$Linux: Updated RPM repository GPG key for Fedora 38 compatibility.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in rpm pre-uninstall script.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$macOS: Fixed Beyond Compare top level menu item not appearing in macOS Sonoma betas.$$$Windows: Fixed showing menu items as checked on Windows 11.$$$Options$$$Windows: - Fixed Options dialog Explorer Integration saying its a portable install if BC was installed and registered by an administrator and is run by a limited user.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed crash when simultaneously running multiple command line quick compares.

4.4.7.28397 - October 19; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in RPM uninstall script in 4.4.5 and 4.4.6. To upgrade/uninstall those versions see https://www.scootersoftware.com/kb/linuxpreun$$$Fixed hex compare incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$General updates and stability fixes.$$$File Formats$$$Windows: - Updated pdftotext to v4.04.$$$Folder Compare$$$Linux: Updated smb:// support for KDE and DBUS integration.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$Installer$$$Linux: RPM installer no longer tries to import our GPG key automatically.$$$Linux: Updated RPM repository GPG key for Fedora 38 compatibility.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in rpm pre-uninstall script.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$macOS: Fixed Beyond Compare top level menu item not appearing in macOS Sonoma betas.$$$Windows: Fixed showing menu items as checked on Windows 11.$$$Options$$$Windows: - Fixed Options dialog Explorer Integration saying its a portable install if BC was installed and registered by an administrator and is run by a limited user.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed crash when simultaneously running multiple command line quick compares.

4.4.7.28397 - October 19; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in RPM uninstall script in 4.4.5 and 4.4.6. To upgrade/uninstall those versions see https://www.scootersoftware.com/kb/linuxpreun$$$Fixed hex compare incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$General updates and stability fixes.$$$File Formats$$$Windows: - Updated pdftotext to v4.04.$$$Folder Compare$$$Linux: Updated smb:// support for KDE and DBUS integration.$$$Hex Compare$$$Fixed incorrectly marking single matches as different.$$$Installer$$$Linux: RPM installer no longer tries to import our GPG key automatically.$$$Linux: Updated RPM repository GPG key for Fedora 38 compatibility.$$$Linux: Fixed typo in rpm pre-uninstall script.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Fixed blurry text on Intel CPU systems with retina displays running macOS 14 Sonoma.$$$macOS: Fixed Beyond Compare top level menu item not appearing in macOS Sonoma betas.$$$Windows: Fixed showing menu items as checked on Windows 11.$$$Options$$$Windows: - Fixed Options dialog Explorer Integration saying its a portable install if BC was installed and registered by an administrator and is run by a limited user.$$$Crashes$$$Linux: Fixed crash when simultaneously running multiple command line quick compares.

4.4.6.27483 - March 6; 2023$$$macOS: Improved scrolling speed on M series hardware running macOS 13; but editing performance can be slower. Were still working on additional improvements.

4.4.6.27483 - MARCH 6; 2023$$$macOS: Improved scrolling speed on M series hardware running macOS 13; but editing performance can be slower. Were still working on additional improvements.

4.4.6.27483 - MARCH 6; 2023$$$macOS: Improved scrolling speed on M series hardware running macOS 13; but editing performance can be slower. Were still working on additional improvements.

4.4.5.27371 - FEBRUARY 3; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$Various other fixes and stability improvements.$$$File Formats$$$Unix: Fixed PDF conversion failing when filenames contain a parenthesis.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$FTP$$$Unix: SFTP connections now check ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 in addition to id_rsa and id_dsa.$$$Hex Compare$$$Improved handling of important difference color and font settings.$$$Installer$$$Linux: Updated location of GPG public signing key for .deb installer.$$$Linux: Updated RPM signature to use SHA256.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$macOS: Fixed memory leak.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when cancelling Install command line tools prompt.$$$Unix: Fixed crash when comparing .doc files.$$$Windows: Fixed crash in 64-bit Registry Compare when comparing large data sets.

4.4.5.27371 - FEBRUARY 3; 2023$$$Notable Changes$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$Various other fixes and stability improvements.$$$File Formats$$$Unix: Fixed PDF conversion failing when filenames contain a parenthesis.$$$Folder Compare$$$Fixed toggling Include hidden items checkbox in file operation confirmations to no longer reset the selected sides.$$$FTP$$$Unix: SFTP connections now check ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 in addition to id_rsa and id_dsa.$$$Hex Compare$$$Improved handling of important difference color and font settings.$$$Installer$$$Linux: Updated location of GPG public signing key for .deb installer.$$$Linux: Updated RPM signature to use SHA256.$$$Misc$$$macOS: Improved exceptionally poor performance on 4K+ displays with high bit depths (e.g.; Studio Displays or built-in retina MacBook screens).$$$Linux: Updated Nautilus Context Menu to Support Gnome 43 / Nautilus API 4.0.$$$macOS: Fixed memory leak.$$$Crashes$$$macOS: Fixed crash when cancelling Install command line tools prompt.$$$Unix: Fixed crash when comparing .doc files.$$$Windows: Fixed crash in 64-bit Registry Compare when comparing large data sets.

4.4.4.27058 - NOVEMBER 4; 2022$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed scrolling and redrawing issues in macOS 13.0 Ventura.$$$Folder Compare$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed alignment overrides not correctly handling DOS replacement masks that contain numbers.$$$Text Views$$$Fixed intermittent incorrect results with lines longer than the maximum line length.$$$Crashes$$$Windows: Fixed crashes in the folder browse dialog on 64-bit Windows.

4.4.4.27058 - NOVEMBER 4; 2022$$$Notable Changes$$$macOS: Fixed scrolling and redrawing issues in macOS 13.0 Ventura.$$$Folder Compare$$$macOS/Linux: Fixed alignment overrides not correctly handling DOS replacement masks that contain numbers.$$$Text Views$$$Fixed intermittent incorrect results with lines longer than the maximum line length.$$$Crashes$$$Windows: Fixed crashes in the folder browse dialog on 64-bit Windows.

Notable Changes$$$Windows: Fixed two security vulnerabilities in the installer.$$$Various stability fixes.$$$Cloud Services$$$Dropbox connections now only try to use TLS 1.2 & 1.3.$$$File Formats$$$Updated URL for PDF documents file format converter.$$$Installer$$$Windows: Fixed DLL preloading vulnerability in uninstaller (CVE-2022-36415). Installer will no longer run on Windows XP or Windows Vista.$$$Windows: BCClipboard is no longer run automatically during silent installs unless launched from Beyond Compare as part of an auto-update (CVE-2022-36414).$$$Windows: Fixed crash when removing the shell extension in an Install for current user install.$$$Windows: Fixed Internal error: Failed to expand shell folder constant userdesktop error when run from a restricted user account.$$$Misc$$$Updated supported OS versions in Windows and Linux README files and updated URLs to use https://.$$$$$$Table Compare$$$Windows: Updated Excel .xls/xlsx reading library.

Notable Changes$$$Windows: Fixed two security vulnerabilities in the installer.$$$Various stability fixes.$$$Cloud Services$$$Dropbox connections now only try to use TLS 1.2 & 1.3.$$$File Formats$$$Updated URL for PDF documents file format converter.$$$Installer$$$Windows: Fixed DLL preloading vulnerability in uninstaller (CVE-2022-36415). Installer will no longer run on Windows XP or Windows Vista.$$$Windows: BCClipboard is no longer run automatically during silent installs unless launched from Beyond Compare as part of an auto-update (CVE-2022-36414).$$$Windows: Fixed crash when removing the shell extension in an Install for current user install.$$$Windows: Fixed Internal error: Failed to expand shell folder constant userdesktop error when run from a restricted user account.$$$Misc$$$Updated supported OS versions in Windows and Linux README files and updated URLs to use https://.$$$$$$Table Compare$$$Windows: Updated Excel .xls/xlsx reading library.