


Start Notepad++ and now on the Plugins menu you can find the Compare option. The download file is a zip, open it and extract the DLL inside. Normally the above is fine but in the past and possibly if you are troubleshooting, the following manual installation method might be useful:ĭownload the Compare plug-in for Notepad++ Now on the Plugins menu you'll see the Compare option.

Install Notepad++ if it's not already installed.Ĭheck in Notepad++ that the Compare plugin is installedĬlick Compare in the list and click Install Notepad++ is a very useful free text editor and you can easily add a free plug-in called 'Compare' to add this functionality: Often you may need to compare two text files to see the differences.
