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v2.16.52
WinMerge 2.16.52 Release Notes
October 2025
About This Release
This is a WinMerge 2.16.52 stable release. This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.
Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.
What Is New in 2.16.52
General
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where leftover WinMerge temporary folders were not properly deleted on the next application exit (since version 2.16.51).
- [Feature request] Alternate hotkeys for tab navigation (#2942)
- Disabled darkmodelib in the ARM64 build due to an unresolved crash issue.
Binary compare
- BugFix: Ctrl-W in Hex View : Close window? (#2294)
Folder compare
- BugFix: Round timestamps before comparing to ensure consistent 1-second precision (#2973)
- Add toDateStr filter function.
- Add option for specifying additional comparison conditions (PR #2963)
- Add support for prop, leftprop, middleprop, and rightprop functions in filter expressions (PR #2974)
- Add "Existence" folder comparison method (PR #2980)
Translations
- Translation updates:
- Brazilian (PR #2981,#2977,#2995)
- Chinese Simplified (PR #2978,#2991,#2996)
- Corsican (PR #2999)
- Italian (PR #2976,#2982,#2998)
- Japanese
- Korean (PR #2993)
- Lithuanian (PR #2975,#2986,#2997)
- Portuguese (PR #2971)
- Polish (PR #2972,#2979,#3003,#3005)
- Turkish (PR #2992)
- Russian (PR #2983)
What Is New in 2.16.51 Beta
General
- BugFix: The document does not scroll with the mouse if the documents are identical. Or the text input cursor jumps to unequal lines. (#2939)
Appearance
- Initial dark mode support via darkmodelib (PR #2834,#2885)
- Improved header bar to reduce flicker
File compare
- Add option to ignore line breaks (treat as spaces) (refs #373) (PR #2945)
Folder compare
- Fixed an issue where adding exclusions via [Add Exclude File] -> [Editor Backup Files] incorrectly excluded most files.
Filters dialog
- Allow resizing of filters window using MFC Dynamic Layout (#509) (PR #2907)
Options dialog
- Allow saving modified colors as new scheme (#1180) (PR #2908)
Translations
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Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#2886,#2910,#2951)
- Chinese Simplified (PR #2889,#2916,#2952)
- Corsican (PR #2915)
- French (PR #2887,#2938,#2969)
- Hungarian (PR #2909,#2948)
- Italian (PR #2892,#2911,#2956)
- Japanese
- Korean (PR #2913,#2934,#2950)
- Lithuanian (PR #2912,#2936,#2953)
- Portuguese (PR #2928)
- Polish (PR #2929,#2930,#2931)
- Russian (PR #2890,#2919,#2920,#2933,#2944,#2949)
- Spanish (PR #2961)
- Swedish
- Turkish (PR #2906,#2914,#2957)
- Ukrainian (PR #2932,#2937,#2954)
Internals
- Refactor/use bindoption (PR #2955)
Known issues
- Pressing OK in the Options window while the INI file specified by /inifile is open for comparison in WinMerge may corrupt the file. (#2685)
- Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
- Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
- Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
- Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)
What's Changed
- Initial dark mode support via darkmodelib by @ozone10 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2834
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2864
- Update zh-cn translation by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2865
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2867
- Update Korean.po by @VenusGirl in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2870
- Readme Inno Setup script improvements by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2869
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2873
- Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2882
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2883
- Dark Mode Enhancements Following PR #2834 by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2885
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2886
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2887
- update zh-cn translations by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2889
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2890
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2892
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1116: Local variable address stored in non-local memory by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2894
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1466: Cast between HRESULT and a Boolean type by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2895
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 6: Cast between HRESULT and a Boolean type by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2896
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1056: Multiplication result converted to larger type by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2897
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 697: Missing enum case in switch by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2898
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 70: Inconsistent definition of copy constructor and assignment ('Rule of Two') by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2899
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 67: Inconsistent definition of copy constructor and assignment ('Rule of Two') by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2900
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 1682: Empty branch of conditional by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2901
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 147: Unused static function by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2902
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 150: Unused static function by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2903
- Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 151: Unused static function by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2904
- Turkish translation support by @bilimiyorum in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2906
- Allow resizing of filters window using MFC Dynamic Layout (#509) by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2907
- Allow saving modified colors as new scheme (#1180) by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2908
- Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2909
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2910
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2911
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2912
- Update Korean.po by @VenusGirl in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2913
- Turkish translation support by @bilimiyorum in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2914
- Update Corsican translation for 2.16.50.2 by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2915
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2916
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2919
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2920
- Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2928
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2929
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2930
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2931
- Update Ukrainian localization by @sggua in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2932
- Update Russian.islu by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2933
- Update Korean.islu by @VenusGirl in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2934
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2936
- Update Ukrainian.po by @sggua in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2937
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2938
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2944
- Add option to ignore line breaks (treat as spaces) (refs #373) by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2945
- Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2948
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2949
- Update Korean.po by @VenusGirl in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2950
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2951
- update zh-cn translations by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2952
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2953
- Ukrainian PO translation was synced with English (autogenerated changes) by @YevgenBorodkin in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2954
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2956
- Update Turkish.po by @bilimiyorum in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2957
- Refactor/use bindoption by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2955
- Update Spanish.po by @P0rsche-911 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2961
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2969
- Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2971
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2972
- Add support for prop, leftprop, middleprop, and rightprop functions in filter expressions by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2974
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2975
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2976
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2977
- update zh-cn translations by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2978
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2979
- Add “Existence” folder comparison method by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2980
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2981
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2982
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2983
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2986
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2991
- New string entries by @bilimiyorum in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2992
- Update Korean translations and metadata by @VenusGirl in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2993
- Add option for specifying additional comparison conditions by @sdottaka in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2963
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2995
- update zh-cn translations by @yingang in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2996
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2997
- Italian language update by @bovirus in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2998
- Update Corsican translation for 2.16.52 by @Patriccollu in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2999
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/3003
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/3005
New Contributors
- @sggua made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2932
- @YevgenBorodkin made their first contribution in https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/pull/2954
Full Changelog: https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/compare/v2.16.50...v2.16.52