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Visual Studio settings file to use Beyond Compare 4 as TFS diff/merge tools
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UseBCompForTfsCompare.vssettings
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<UserSettings>
<ApplicationIdentity version="12.0"/>
<Category name="Source Control_TeamFoundation" Category="{2A718788-A6D9-44C5-90EF-438BF5B06A74}" Package="{4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}" RegisteredName="Source Control_TeamFoundation" PackageName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.HatPackage, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
<PropertyValue name="UserTool1" extension=".*" operation="Compare" command="C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BComp.exe" arguments="%1 %2 /title1=%6 /title2=%7"/>
<PropertyValue name="UserTool2" extension=".*" operation="Merge" command="C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BComp.exe" arguments="%1 %2 %3 %4 /title1=%6 /title2=%7 /title3=%8 /title4=%9"/>
</Category>
</UserSettings>
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Go to Tools -> Import and Export Settings, then choose Browse and input this file. Only works if BC is installed in default location.

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Thank you! Working very well!

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