Compare two files in Visual Studio

Question

I saw the new comparison tool in Visual?Studio?2012 for comparing two files or two versions of a file. I like it. But when I tried to find it I couldn't it, because I don't use TFS.

Is there a way how I can just compare two files with the built-in feature in Visual?Studio (but without TFS)?

Answer 1

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: