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04-Jul-2006, 05:07 AM
I have a tool which accesses script files and which does not release these files when it is stopped. However, I can make updates in these files with other editors and save the modifications. However, Beyond Compare complains that another process has locked the file when I try to save it. Can this behaviour of Beyond Compare be made to resemble Notepad, Visual Slick Edtit at alii and let it save the modified ASCII file? I have to go back to the tool each time and have to release the file ...

Chris
05-Jul-2006, 04:03 PM
How large are the files you are comparing?

Once files are over a certain size, BC locks them when it opens them. You can use a registry tweak to increase this limit. See the "MaxFileChunks" setting in our Tweaks page: http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?c=kb_tweaks.php