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sdottaka
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WinMerge 2.16.56.2 Release Notes
About This Release
What Is New in 2.16.56.2
What Is New in 2.16.56
What Is New in 2.16.55 beta?
Known issues
May 2026
About This Release
This is a WinMerge 2.16.56.2 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 2.16.56.2
File compare
BugFix: Fix incorrect copy when selection ends inside a word diff (PR #3358)
BugFix: Skip invisible lines in search/replace
BugFix: Fix text misalignment and repaint artifacts when toggling line numbers in word wrap mode
BugFix: Fix crash in 3-pane diff when move block detection is enabled
Folder compare
BugFix: Preserve tree expansion and UI state after refresh (#3366,PR #3369)
BugFix: Do not convert drive-relative paths like C: to C:\ (PR #3373)
BugFix: "Right only files" missing when showing left/right only (#3378)
Image compare
BugFix: Image compare does not remember the state of the "Blink" toggle between sessions (#3368)
BugFix: [FEATURE] override option for unrestricted Image Compare (#3382)
Plugins
BugFix: Fix missing "Unpacked file extension" value in Edit Plugin dialog
Archive support
Update 7-Zip to 26.01
Installer
Fixed missing Vietnamese WinMerge translation in installer
Translations
Translation updates:
French (PR #3347)
Korean (PR #3349)
Russian (PR #3348)
What Is New in 2.16.56
General
Show error message when entering invalid path in header bar (PR #3322)
Add recent items and clipboard history to header bar menu (PR #3330)
Folder compare
Add Folder comparison mode with archive extraction support (PR #3320)
Refactor: unify open parameters and move recurse to OpenFolderParams (PR #3326)
Add codepage filter UI and hasbom field support (PR #3318)
Archive support
Use 7-Zip IsArc API for archive detection and refactor format guessing logic (PR #3323)
Prioritize explicitly selected plugins over archive detection (PR #3324)
Translations
Translation updates:
Brazilian (PR #3328,#3341)
Chinese Simplified (PR #3307,#3331,#3344)
French (PR #3312)
German (PR #3329)
Italian (PR #3335,#3342)
Korean (PR #3334)
Lithuanian (PR #3308)
Russian (PR #3309)
Turkish (PR #3333)
Documentation
Update Italian documentation (PR #3319)
Update French manual (PR #3325)
What Is New in 2.16.55 Beta
General
Fix incorrect GetAsyncKeyState usage for modifier key detection (PR #3257)
Update POCO C++ Libraries to 1.15.1 (PR #3292)
File compare
BugFix: Fix keyboard input issue after Alt+mouse operations (PR #3254)
BugFix: Register self-compare in MRU and refactor command line parameter
buil… (PR #3266)
Refactor save confirmation logic using SaveClosingDlg::ShowAndSave
(PR #3256)
Enable IME text reconversion in editor view (PR #3214)
Image compare
BugFix: Fix crash caused by OnClose being called twice in image compare
window (PR #3255)
Speedup image comparision slider during WipeEffect (PR winimerge/#33)
Folder compare
BugFix: Fix an issue where skipped items were not properly filtered during
folder/file comparison. (PR #3267)
BugFix: Fix potential hang in DiffWorker shutdown (PR #3300)
Extend “Merge renamed items” option to support moved items (PR #3181)
Refactor compare engines to use DiffContext (PR #3197)
Refactor compare engines to write results into DIFFITEM and add
FullQuickCompare (PR #3201)
Add e:/e!: filter prefixes for files and directories (PR #3205)
Add replaceWithList and regexReplaceWithList filter functions (PR #3213)
Add Replace Lists menu...