# Startup Options

Startup options When Beyond Compare starts up, it normally shows the Home view. To have the program automatically start up with the same sessions that were open the last time you used Beyond Compare, specify the same workspace name in the Load workspace and On Exit, save workspace as edits. In the Session menu, you can also use the Save Workspace As and Load Workspace commands for further control. When you start Beyond Compare with a pair of files specified, the program can display a dialog with a comparison summary, rather than taking the time to display the entire side-by-side comparison. To preface a file comparison with the Quick Compare dialog: 1.Mark the When starting with file comparison, show quick compare dialog checkbox. 2.Pick Binary quick compare to perform a byte-by-byte comparison, or Rules-based quick compare to use the file format settings appropriate for the specified files. 3.Mark the Open view automatically if files are different checkbox if you want the dialog to only appear when the files match. To run Clipboard Compare on Windows startup Mark the Run Clipboard Compare on Windows startup checkbox. The Clipboard Compare is a small system tray application that can be used to compare recent Windows clipboard entries. To add Beyond Compare to Explorer's right-click menu Mark the Include Beyond Compare in Explorer context menu checkbox. Pick any of the optional commands listed in the table to include it in the context menu.