How to ignore a prefix in filenames in WinMerge?

[ABeater]

I'm wondering how would you go about ignoring a prefix in a filename in WinMerge? In my case, the prefix in question is "zzz_" as in "zzz_restofthefile", when I use the filter f: zzz_/* or f: zzz_/*. It filters FOR the prefix, as in it only shows files that have it, but I want it to ignore the prefix.

I found this thread about ignoring file extensions, but I can't seem to get it to work for my use-case: How to compare 2 folders in winmerge, but ignore file extension?

My goal is for it to compare two files, one named "zzz_file1" and the other just named "file1" and for it to see them as equal.

[sdottaka]

Unfortunately, WinMerge cannot pair files with different names, so it cannot ignore a filename prefix. You would need to rename the files (remove the prefix) or create symbolic links without the prefix and compare those.