SUMMARY KDiff3 1.12.1 and 1.12.2 are not working after a clean installation (ie not having old version previously installed). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use a clean Windows 10 or 11 environment. (Make sure C:\Program Files has no Kdiff3 sub-folder.) 2. Install version 1.12.1 using kdiff3-1.12.1-windows-x86_64.exe or 1.12.2 using kdiff3-1.12.2-windows-x86_64.exe 3. After installation, select any two files in File Explorer. 4. Open context menu on the selected files > KDiff3 > Compare (CF attached image kdiff3-issue-1-send-to-compare.jpg) OBSERVED RESULT A dialog showing "Could not start KDiff3. Please rerun KDiff3 installation" (CF attached image kdiff3-issue-2-cannot-run.jpg) EXPECTED RESULT Comparison of selected files SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: 10 and 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * I use a virtual machine running Windows 10 to rerun the steps. So I'm 100% sure that my Windows is *clean*. * Rerun installation has no effect. * However, if an old version, eg 1.10.7 in my case, was previously installed, version 1.12.2 would work fine.
Created attachment 180897 [details] Sending selected file to KDiff3 for comparison on context menu
Created attachment 180898 [details] Dialog showing KDiff3 not starting/running
Consolidating two reports with same root cause *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 503473 ***
Looks like automation pulled master instead.
Disregard that last message thank you Bugzilla for not allowing edits.
(In reply to michael from comment #3) > Consolidating two reports with same root cause > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 503473 *** Oh, indeed, "install just for me" has no such context menu bug.
Just tested with kdiff3-1.12.3-windows-x86_64.exe and I confirmed that the bug is gone. Thanks.