General options

General Options

ToolsOptions >  General

These options control some of the general features of Beyond Compare.

To customize the Home view:

Enable Include session management to expose a tabbed session settings control on the Home view.

Set the maximum number of auto-saved sessions to store.  Once this limit is passed, the oldest auto-saved sessions will be automatically deleted.  Enter zero (0) to disable the auto-save sessions feature.

Interface options:

Edit these options to show Large buttons with text labels on the toolbars, fly-over hints for toolbar buttons or have keyboard shortcuts included in the hints.

MiscOptions

The ESC key closes file views option applies to all file comparison session types, such as Text Compare, Data Compare and Picture Compare.  It does not affect Folder Compare sessions.

Shared Sessions:

Specify a Shared sessions file.  Shared sessions will appear in your session tree.  You can use but not modify them.  Use Tools | Export Settings to create a shared sessions file.