From the Tools menu, choose File Formats. Here you can see and manage the entire list of file formats.
The order of the list is important. When Beyond Compare looks for a file format to use on a file, it scans this list from top to bottom, stopping on the first match in the File Types field. If an item shows in red, it means that prior items cover the file types, so the file format will never be automatically selected (although you can manually select any file format). To change the order of the list, highlight an item and click Move Up
or Move Down
.
You can temporarily disable a file format by unmarking its checkbox.
Note A specific session can independently enable or disable file formats. (See Folder Compare Settings: Miscellaneous.) This way you can have a special file format that is used only by one session.
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