# WinDiff

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File comparison program by Microsoft

WinDiff Developer Microsoft Release 1992; 34 years ago (1992) Stable release 6.1.7716.0 / May 14, 2010; 16 years ago (2010-05-14) Operating system Microsoft Windows Type File comparison tool License Proprietary commercial software

**WinDiff** is a graphical [file comparison](/source/File_comparison) program published by [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft), distributed with [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) [Support Tools](/source/Windows_Support_Tools),[1][2] certain versions of [Microsoft Visual Studio](/source/Microsoft_Visual_Studio), and as source-code with the [Platform SDK](/source/Platform_SDK) code samples. WinDiff was included in the Windows SDK (previously known as the [Resource Kit](/source/Resource_Kit), later Platform SDK) since 1992[3] until Microsoft Windows SDK for [Windows 7](/source/Windows_7) and [.NET Framework 4](/source/.NET_Framework_4) (a.k.a. Windows SDK 7.1). Because portions of the Windows SDK were shipped in Visual Studio, WinDiff was also included in Visual Studio until [Visual Studio 2010](/source/Visual_Studio_2010). WinDiff was removed from the [Windows 8](/source/Windows_8) SDK and therefore is not included in [Visual Studio 2012](/source/Visual_Studio_2012) or any later version.[4] A number of unofficial standalone uploads of the program remain available.

## Versions

Signing date File version SHA-256 of the 64-bit executable file Source 2008-01-16 6.0.6001.17131 a7687e7be3c515337bddb5cf92b7e04830389be5dc589e0b78cdda1e9bc91ac1 Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 (link is broken, download not available) March 19, 2010 1:58:13 PM 6.1.7600.16385 7c0681fd0b0fb2ea0a058c1f5be78cc1aad18fcd40c65905d07ec492d9a3f916 Visual Studio 2010 SP1 2010-05-14 6.1.7716.0 deded18de43c248df3a80713bf010030285aea6a38a39e0ce5edfe3e9ed788b3 Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

## See also

- [Comparison of file comparison tools](/source/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools)

- [Windows Support Tools](/source/Windows_Support_Tools)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["How to Use the Windiff.exe Utility"](https://support.microsoft.com/kb/159214). Microsoft.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Tim O'Reilly; Troy Mott; Walter J. Glenn (1999). [*Windows 98 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference*](https://archive.org/details/windows98innutsh00orei). O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. [425](https://archive.org/details/windows98innutsh00orei/page/425)–427. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [156592486X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/156592486X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Brad Hines (1992-10-22). ["Details of SDK beta release"](https://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32/browse_thread/thread/cb69442268fe7a0f/57f735a0c49c522).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ramel, David (November 16, 2022). ["Windows App SDK 1.2 Lets Devs Create Third-Party Windows 11 Widgets"](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2022/11/16/windows-app-sdk.aspx). *Visual Studio Magazine*. Retrieved 2023-04-16.

## External links

- ["Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200811032836/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18546). *Microsoft Download Center*. Microsoft. Archived from [the original](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18546) on 2020-08-11. Retrieved March 10, 2014. — Includes WinDiff

- ["How to Use the Windiff.exe Utility"](https://support.microsoft.com/kb/159214). *Microsoft Knowledge Base*. Microsoft. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

- Unofficial upload at [Grigsoft.com](https://www.grigsoft.com/download-windiff.htm)

- Unofficial upload at [ComputerPerformance.co.uk](https://web.archive.org/web/20060215224549/http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ScriptsGuy/windiff.zip)

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