The Home View

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When you open a new window or tab, Beyond Compare displays the Home view:

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From the Home view, you can:

Start a new comparison session of any type
Select from one of your previously saved sessions
Select an auto-saved session
Manage the settings for your saved sessions
Edit the default settings to use for new sessions

You can also drag and drop files or folders from a file manager such as Windows Explorer onto this page to compare them.  Drag and drop onto one of the Start new session buttons to start a session of that specific type.

To customize your Home view, select Options from the Tools menu, then select General.