Set as First to Compare: Using this option, you can make the foreground file the first file (or old file) with which you can compare any other background file (or new file) opened in Notepad++. After doing that, click on the Plugins menu and access the Compare plugin. Now open two files in Notepad++ that you want to compare. It will close and restart Notepad++ and the Compare plugin will be installed automatically. Plugins Admin (earlier known as Plugin Manager) page will open. Use the comparison options of the Compare plugin.Īt first, launch Notepad++ using its desktop shortcut, Windows Search box, or Start menu.Ĭlick on the Plugins menu and then select the Plugins Admin option. Access Compare plugin options under Plugins menu. Search Compare plugin in Plugins Admin page. Here are the steps to compare two files in Notepad++: It shows the differences between the two files side by side on the interface of Notepad++. Notepad++ doesn’t come with a built-in feature to compare two files, but you can use a free Notepad++ plugin called Compare to make it possible. You can also see a plus icon with green color and a minus icon with red color for a line added or removed in any of those two files. The differences are highlighted with different colors for added lines, deleted lines, changed lines, etc. If you have older than Notepad++ v7.7, I highly recommend updating Notepad++ first, but you can use ComparePlugin v2.0.0 for such ancient Notepad++ versions.If there is any new line added, a line is deleted or removed, a line is moved, and a line is changed (like some word or letter is added or removed in a line) in any of the two files added for comparison, you can see those changes. For Notepad++ v7.7 thru Notepad++ v8.2.1, you need to use ComparePlugin v2.0.1. Please note: For Notepad++ v8.2.2 and newer (v8.3 and v8.4), you should be installing ComparePlugin v2.0.2. For compare plugin, this means putting the git and sqlite DLL files into c:\program files\Notepad++\plugins\ComparePlugin\ComparePlugin\ (yes, that’s two levels with the same name). If there are associated files in the zip, you may have to install them to appropriate locations. 
with that, and the Compare plugin, the final DLL would go in c:\program files\Notepad++\plugins\ComparePlugin\ComplarePlugin.dll.a normal installation will put plugins in c:\program files\Notepad++\plugins.Copy the plugin DLL (in this case, ComparePlugin.dll) to the right location.
Download plugin zip and unzip to temporary location.Notepad++ will install the plugin then restart.Click the checkbox for the plugin you want to install.The general methods of installing a plugin Let us know your exact steps, and the exact symptom of why you think each method isn’t working. Which version of the Compare plugin are you trying to install?
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