Useful when collaborating on code
How to Compare Two Files with Notepad++
Need to compare changes in two documents? Notepad won’t help, but Notepad++ will. Notepad++ is a powerful text editor for Windows that offers many functionality and customization improvements over its similarly named companion.
With the help of a third-party plugin, you can use Notepad++ to identify differences between two versions of a text document. This is especially useful when you are collaborating on projects or trying to revise some code.
To compare two files in Notepad++, follow these steps.