Software-update: Beyond Compare 5.2.4

Scooter Software heeft versie 5.2.4 van Beyond Compare uitgebracht. Met dit zeer uitgebreide programma, dat beschikbaar is voor Windows, Linux en macOS, kunnen bestanden met elkaar worden vergeleken. Daarnaast is het mogelijk om complete mappen, FTP-locaties en archieven te vergelijken. Beyond Compare is beschikbaar in een standaard- en een pro-uitvoering, voor prijzen die beginnen bij 35 dollar. De onderlinge verschillen kunnen op deze pagina worden gevonden. Sinds versie 5.2.2 zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:

Folder Compare

Windows: Fixed folders on FAT32 drives showing incorrect timestamps after opening them.

Windows: Fixed folders on FAT32 drives showing incorrect timestamps after opening them.

Third Party Libraries

Updated 7-zip to v26.02. Fixes CVE-2026-14266.Updated UnRAR source to v7.2.7 and UnRAR.dll to v7.2.3.Windows: Updated Delphi to v13.1.

Updated 7-zip to v26.02. Fixes CVE-2026-14266.

Updated UnRAR source to v7.2.7 and UnRAR.dll to v7.2.3.

Windows: Updated Delphi to v13.1.

Crashes

Windows: Fixed crash when shutting down Beyond Compare with unsaved Text Compare edits.Linux: Fixed crash when running on systems without SSE3 or SSE4 instructions.

Windows: Fixed crash when shutting down Beyond Compare with unsaved Text Compare edits.

Linux: Fixed crash when running on systems without SSE3 or SSE4 instructions.

Notable Changes

Updated 7-zip to 26.01. Fixes CVE-2026-48095.Fixed support for SFTP server-side CRC32 calculations using the check-file extension.Other minor fixes.

Updated 7-zip to 26.01. Fixes CVE-2026-48095.

Fixed support for SFTP server-side CRC32 calculations using the check-file extension.

Other minor fixes.

FTP

Fixed support for SFTP server-side CRC32 calculations using the check-file extension.

Fixed support for SFTP server-side CRC32 calculations using the check-file extension.

Misc

Fixed registering using license keys that have had letters combined into ligatures.macOS/Linux: Fixed the "Enter Key..." dialog not auto-detecting license keys on the clipboard.Fixed "Check for Updates" reporting of operating system version and CPU type.

Fixed registering using license keys that have had letters combined into ligatures.

macOS/Linux: Fixed the "Enter Key..." dialog not auto-detecting license keys on the clipboard.

Fixed "Check for Updates" reporting of operating system version and CPU type.

Options

Unchecking the Options > Tweaks > Check for Updates > Check every checkbox will hide the "New version available" notification.

Unchecking the Options > Tweaks > Check for Updates > Check every checkbox will hide the "New version available" notification.

Text Views

Text grammar regular expressions no longer unintentionally support 2 iterators in a row, e.g. "+*".

Text grammar regular expressions no longer unintentionally support 2 iterators in a row, e.g. "+*".

Third Party Libraries

Updated 7-zip to 26.01. Fixes CVE-2026-48095.

Updated 7-zip to 26.01. Fixes CVE-2026-48095.

Crashes

Windows: Fixed crash when launching a comparison from the command line with extremely long paths while BC is already running.Fixed Text Compare crash with specific grammar regular expression.Fixed Table Compare crash when editing a cell.Fixed Table Compare Report crash when opening from Folder Compare.

Windows: Fixed crash when launching a comparison from the command line with extremely long paths while BC is already running.

Fixed Text Compare crash with specific grammar regular expression.

Fixed Table Compare crash when editing a cell.

Fixed Table Compare Report crash when opening from Folder Compare.

Source: Tweakers.net