The Windows command line prompt can be handy at times and sometimes even the only option to execute a specific command in the operating system. You sometimes may need to copy the output of a command to the Windows Clipboard, for instance to use the output in another application. Most users that I know handle [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

There is definitely no shortage of third party clipboard managers for the Windows operating system. One of the reasons for this is the limited nature of the default system clipboard feature which can only store one item at a time. This means a lot of juggling back and forth if you need to copy multiple [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows clipboard is one of those features of the Windows operating system that Microsoft has largely left untouched over the years. Probably the biggest restriction for most users is that the clipboard can only store one entry at a time, which means that old entries are overwritten by new ones. Clipboard managers like Clipboard [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

One of the disadvantages of the built-in Windows Clipboard is that it can only store one record at a time so that it is not possible to access previously stored items again. A history, and the ability to save multiple items would be a godsend for many users. For now, third party tools are the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The main intention of posting data to the clipboard is to have it in reach to process it further at a later point in time. This includes copying someone’s email address and pasting it into an email application, creating a screenshot and uploading it to a server on the Internet, copying and paste text to [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The clipboard acts as a temporary storage location for data that is copied to it by a computer user. The standard Windows Clipboard can only store one entry, which gets overwritten every time new data is copied. That makes some operations, where multiple sets of data need to be copied more complex than necessary. ShapeShifter [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If there is one thing that’s not so great about the Windows Clipboard, then its the fact that it only stores one entry at a time. New entries automatically replace the old entries, which can result in lots of copying and pasting if multiple items need to be pasted. Clipbox is a barebones clipboard extender [...]

Categories: Open Source, Software, Windows

It is not really clear why Microsoft never improved the default behavior of the Windows Clipboard. The biggest flaw in the eyes of most users is the inability to store more than one entry in the clipboard. So called clipboard managers are designed by third party developers to provide this and additional functionality. PasteCopy.net is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Many users feel that the Windows Clipboard is missing features that would greatly improve working with it. The option to remember multiple clipboard entries is probably the most popular feature that is missing from all versions of the Windows operating system. CCCCtrlC is a lightweight Windows clipboard enhancer that changes this by offering the functionality [...]

Categories: Software, Windows