WinMerge VS Link Shell Extension

WinMerge Reviews

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WinMerge mentions (28)

• Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What happened?

  I use WinMerge[1] a lot, and it's always impressed me how it immediately opens to a useable state. So it's absolutely still possible to write Windows software that can open instantly. I think the biggest issue, which multiple other comments have identified, is that people just don't care. Apps open fast enough these days, and no one is pushing back on developers to improve their app's startup performance. [1]:... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Two HDDs that should have identical data on them have a 50GB discrepancy, can't figure out where the files are

  I’ve used winmerge before and had good results comparing drives. Source: about 1 year ago

• Program that deletes files that match an MD5 hash?

  However, if you're looking to compare files that already exist, you can use something like WinMerge. Source: about 1 year ago

• Mirroring my 12 TB Drive. What do I need to check to ensure all data is transferred without corruption?

  I use Robocopy to preserve the original timestamps (using the /COPY:DAT and /DCOPY:DAT arguments) and WinMerge for doing a subsequent binary compare of the source/destination (sorting the results column by which files are different). Source: about 1 year ago

• Compare two Salesforce exports

  I haven't used this one but for example https://winmerge.org. Source: about 1 year ago

Link Shell Extension mentions (8)

• Is there a way to prevent files from being easily deleted?

  If you have games without installers you can create hardlink copies elsewhere on the same drive. It won't take any extra HD space and keeps the files safe regardless of what happens to the torrent directory Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link Https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html. Source: 12 months ago

• Can’t launch Battlefield 4

  Linux folks are used to using symbolic links but if you're on Windows (been a while for me) you can use this to make a symbolic link to your game folder, that's what I've done in the past. Just delete the folder is assumes is your game folder, right-click and create a link there after you've copied your game folder. Source: 12 months ago

• One-way backup with OneDrive

  Get Link Shell Extension from here: https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html . It adds context menu to right-click, where you can create various types of symbolic link/junctions. It also integrates easy handling of removing those links. Alternatively, you will need to manually use a "mklink" Windows command, mklink /J "C:\LinkToFolder" "C:\Users\Name\OriginalFolder" and later you will... Source: over 1 year ago

• Got the Steam Deck Dock!

  Windows NTFS does support symbolic links. Link Shell Extension will add them to the Explorer right-click context menu for easier usage. Source: over 1 year ago

• Why you should make a second account for Master Duel - An In-depth Explanation

  Also if you don't want to have another copy of a 5GB folder you could just make a symbolic link to the original 0000 folder. (Use https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html it's super easy. Right click original 0000 folder pick as source, drop 0000 folder as a symbolic link on the other folder). Source: over 2 years ago