Compare two files in Visual Studio

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You can invoke devenv.exe /diff list1.txt list2.txt from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt or, if a Visual Studio instance is already running, you can type Tools.DiffFiles in the Command window, with a handy file name completion:

Using Tools.DiffFiles from the Visual Studio Command window

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