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WinMerge says “Binary files are different”, but I am not comparing binary files?

April 26, 2017binary comparing files winmerge

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WinMerge says “Binary files are different”, but I am not comparing binary files?

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If you are using WinMerge.exe (not WinMergeU.exe), then your files may be Unicode files. WinMerge.exe cannot handle Unicode files. Please try comparing files with WinMergeU.exe if you have Windows NT4, Windows 2000 or newer Windows version.