When using Winmerge it appears every file shows up as different

[Merlinpa1969]

the first think you need ot deermin is what files you changed originally

thats why you do a winmerge on a coreset of files from your original install

this will give you the list of files that you have changed

Now you can compare that with a fresh 1.3.9 install and you will now have a short list of files that need to be compared and merged

[1234go]

Thank you for the help. But step by step in Winmerge what do I need to do? I need a guide. I know next to nothing about the program so I need clear instructions. ie Open this file, pull down edit menu and select ##########, etc.

[1234go]

For instance I have no idea how you would get three panels up in this thing. If that's actually possible I don't know how you would do it.

[1234go]

I don't know how or why it's different now but running winmerge on the two files I now get 19 items including 12 folders with probably a hundred or so items inside each and 7 files like index.php, install.txt, ipn_main_handler.php etc etc that round out the main list. What do I do with that?

[Merlinpa1969]

Hire someone to do the upgrade,
it will actually cost you more in lost time then it will for an upgrade

[danilyn22]

I am experiencing the same thing.

When using Winmerge I have it eliminating identical file but there are a whole bunch of files that are showing up as different when they are not. They appear to be core files that I have never touched but I can't feel comfortable with that.

Fortunately I was pretty good about using the override but would like to know why identical files are showing up as different.

I get to this part of the upgrade file and get all crazy because I have a whole lot of identical files to look at. What do I do?

[OKSoda]

I tried this exact same approach, using winmerge to compare the stock 1.3.8a to my modified one. 790 files are different, there's no way in the world I altered that many files. What am I doing wrong?