Compare files on double click in Pending Changes view

Question

Is there a way in visual studio to change the behavior when I double click a file in the \'Pending Changes\' view.

The default behavior is, that Visual Studio opens

Answer 1

VS 2017

This PowerShell script should turn this on for the latest installed instance (adapted from Anish's answer)

You'll need to close all VS instances first.

$instanceId = $(& "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -latest -property instanceId).Trim()
reg.exe load HKLM\VS2017PrivateRegistry $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_$instanceId\privateregistry.bin
reg.exe add HKLM\VS2017PrivateRegistry\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_$instanceId\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Behavior /v DoubleClickOnChange /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg.exe unload HKLM\VS2017PrivateRegistry

VS 2015 or older

This PowerShell command should turn this on for all installed versions:

Set-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\*\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Behavior DoubleClickOnChange 1