- Start your Notepad++ as administrator mode.
- Press
F1to find out if your Notepad++ is 64bit or 32bit (86x), hence you need to download the correct plugin version. Download Compare-plugin v.2, from:
– for Notepad++ 7.5 and above use Compare v2.
– for Notepad++ 7.7 and above use Compare v2.0.0 for Notepad++ 7.7
https://github.com/pnedev/compare-plugin/releases
- Unzip Compare-plugin in temporary folder.
- Import plugin from the temporary folder.
- The plugin should appear under Plugins menu
Note:
It is also possible to drag and drop the plugin .dll file directly in plugin folder:
64bit:%programfiles%\Notepad++\plugins
32bit:%programfiles(x86)%\Notepad++\plugins
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Thank you so much for the great article, it was fluent and to the point. Cheers.
Thx, notepad++ community version does not have Manager plugin longer, this make this guideline helpful. Hence it matters if it is versin 64bit or 32bit. 😉
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is it also possible to launch compare from the command line?
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Very good article. Simple and to the point.
thank you so much, it made my life easy…
Notepad++ v 7.5.9, installed the ComparePlugin2.0.0,but the plugin not be shown on plugin menu. Why this happen?
I find the cause, Thank you so much, It is useful
Would you be kind to share how you solved the problem you have had, that might help others. 🙂
I found this at https://github.com/pnedev/compare-plugin and it works.
Notepad++ 7.6.3 and above:
Create ComparePlugin folder in Notepad++’s plugins installation folder (%Notepad++_program_folder%\Plugins).
Copy the contents of the Latest Release zip file into the newly created folder. Please use the correct archive version based on your Notepad++ architecture – x86 or x64.
Restart Notepad++.
This is helpful, information thanks