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I think I have correctly specified the path to winmerge, but when I click on compare files, nothing happens.

We can not help you if we can not see how have you defined path and parameters.
Have you activated the row (checkbox)?

Thank you, Karol.
Now it gives the error that says "please define external program: Settings->Programs->Compare files"

But I already added the program under Settings.
I also checked the box next to WinMerge.
The path to WinMerge is also correct.

The "Parameters" is a little unclear to me what it means. But I have "%FileCompare1%%FileCompare2%" there. Is this wrong?

Thank you again

Are you sure you have defined WinMerge on the Settings->Programs->Compare files tab?
Try the parameters: %FileCompare1% %FileCompare2%

Please see here.
http://i.imgur.com/vI13e.png
I think I have set it up correctly. I really appreciate your help, Karol.

I use WinMerge Portable and I have no parameters defined:

Does it work for you without any parameter?

I now think my problem has nothing to do with parameters. FC keeps telling me to define external program. In other words, it thinks that I had not provided the path to WinMerge at all. What is going wrong for me?

iamhappy wrote:Does it work for you without any parameter?

Yes, it does.

In FC XE go to Help/About and see where your FreeCommander.ini is saved.
Browse and open the file using a different explorer while FC XE is closed.
See if there are these lines (with your path, of course):

Thank you so much!

I see the following, where **** is my username on the computer. And I have verified that the path is correct.

By the way, I am using the portable version of FC XE.

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[PrgFileCompare]
Enabled1=1
Filter1=WinMerge
Prg1=C:\Users\****\WinMergePortable\WinMergePortable.exe

I just found a way that works. I moved the WinMergePortable inside the FC root folder.
This seems to work.

So is this a bug? Any external program must be saved under FC's root folder for it to work?

Oh, I should've payed more attention to your screenshot!

Replace the "WinMerge" filter with "*". That is not a program name, that indicates for what file types it should work.
No bug here!