# Home View Overview

When you open a new window or tab, Beyond Compare displays the Home view: From the Home view, you can: •Start a new comparison session of any type •Open one of your previously saved sessions •Open an auto-saved session •Search for a session •Manage the settings for your saved sessions •Edit the default settings to use for new sessions You can also drag and drop files or folders from a file manager such as Windows Explorer onto this view to compare them. Drag and drop onto one of the large buttons to start a session of that specific type.