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<h1 class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Managing Sessions</span></h1>
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<p class="p_Normal">Beyond Compare automatically saves your most recent sessions so you can come back to them easily. If you want to retain a session indefinitely, you can save it with a descriptive name. You can also organize your named sessions within session folders.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Use the Home view to manage all your sessions in one place. In the <span class="f_Command">Sessions</span> tree, you can right-click on a saved session and pick <span class="f_Command">Edit</span> to show the management panel. Click on the <span class="f_Command">Pin Session Management Panel</span> <img width="16" height="16" style="margin:0;width:16px;height:16px;border:none" src="pin.png"/>button or mark <span class="f_Command">View > Show Session Management</span> to force it to always be shown in the Home view. <span class="f_Command">Delete</span> and <span class="f_Command">Rename</span> are also available in the right-click menu for saved sessions.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">A named session can be locked to guard against accidental modifications. Right-click on it in the <span class="f_Command">Sessions</span> tree and pick <span class="f_Command">Lock</span>.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Once a session is opened in a view, the <span class="f_Command">Session</span> menu contains common commands for manipulating it. If you make a change to the primary parameters of a named session, you will be prompted to save it on exit.</p>
<p class="p_Subtitle"><span class="f_Subtitle">To change default session settings</span></p>
<p class="p_Normal">In the Home view's <span class="f_Command">Sessions</span> tree, under the <span class="f_Command">New</span> branch, select a session type. Right-click on it and pick <span class="f_Command">Edit</span> to show the management panel. Changes to these default settings will now be used for any newly created sessions of that type.</p>
<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><span class="f_SeeAlso">See also</span></p>
<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><a href="session_settings.html" class="topiclink">Session Settings</a></p>
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