Git mergetool with Meld on Windows

Question

In Linux, my favorite merge tool is Meld, and I\'ve had no problems using or configuring it to work with Git. However, in Windows it has been a different story.

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Answer 1

After trying all of the above, setting Meld to run as administrator worked for me.

1. Right-click Meld.exe
2. Go to Properties > Compatibility and select the Run this program as an administrator checkbox

The errors I received referenced temp files like c:\windows\temp\meld-*, which were not being created. Elevating Meld's permissions seems to do the trick as it now works with both git difftool and running manually within Meld.