Users upgrading from a previous version please note that the default menu, toolbars and key mapping are not automatically updated at first run after installing new version and there is no message to do that. So you will not have access to the new features.

Delete following 3 files while no UltraCompare instance is running to update the default menu, toolbars and key mapping:

%appdata%\IDMComp\UltraCompare\UCCmds32.cmf
%appdata%\IDMComp\UltraCompare\UCMNCmds32.mcf
%appdata%\IDMComp\UltraCompare\ucomp32.kbd

UCCmds32.cmf contains the toolbar commands.
UCMNCmds32.mcf contains the menu commands and names.
ucomp32.kbd which contains the key mapping configuration.

%appdata% is a user, language and Windows installation specific environment variable and contains something like:

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data

Note: The %appdata% directory has by default the hidden attribute set. So if you have not enabled to see also hidden files and directories in your file manager (Windows Explorer), you don't see this directory.

Then start UltraCompare and the default menu, toolbar and keyboard configuration files for your version are created.


The following method to reset the default profile files is the "official" method, but is not working with UltraCompare v5.00+2:

1. Click in menu Options on Configuration.
2. Go to Toolbars / Menus - Management and click on button Manage Toolbars.
3. Select Default and press button Reset.
4. Close the dialog and do the same with Manage Menus.
5. Go to Key Mapping and press the button Defaults.

Attention: Don't do the steps above when you have customized the Default menu, toolbar or key mapping. Instead you should customize it again and add the new features you want. Better would be to save the customized menu or toolbars with a different name to be able to reset the Default menu and toolbars and easily switch between the Default and your customized menu/toolbars after an upgrade to see the new features you maybe also want to add to your customized menu/toolbars.

Hi Tim,

you are right. This "official" method sent as email answer to me from IDM support to update the menu and toolbars for UltraCompare v5.00 Beta 1 is really not working. I have tested it now with UC v5.00+2 and none of the reset buttons really works (on Win98 SE). This is definitely a bug of UltraCompare and I will report it to IDM support. Better you report it too.

After I installed UC 5.00 Beta 1 and run it the first time I did not get any menu or toolbar update message as it exists when updating UltraEdit or UEStudio and the default menu or toolbar profiles has changed. In UE/UES the default profiles are managed with a version number in the INI at section [Version]. So I have written an email to IDM support that for UltraCompare such a version controlled update mechnism should be also implemented and IDM promised me to do this in the next major release of UltraCompare Professional. In the meantime I should use the reset buttons. Of course I have never pressed the buttons, because the default configuration files were already up-to-date after my manual deletion.

In UltraEdit v13.00a+2 the same reset buttons worked for reseting the Advanced and Basic menu and toolbar profiles and the key mapping configuration. I use the English version.