Thank you, David. ClearClipboard.exe does just that.
That darn Serenity Macro guy. :-)
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:(E-Mail Removed),
David Candy <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Most people copy a space to it to clear it. Note it is becoming less
> and less common for apps to copy anything to the clipboard. They
> merely post a note telling anything that wants to paste to contact
> it. Then it puts just the format required on. Normally things are
> copied multiple times to the clipboard in as many formats as possible
> so maximise the chance of the pasting program being able to use the
> data. EG Notepad can only read text. Word copies stuff as text (only
> one notepad can use), Rich Text, HTML, EMF (a graphic of the text).
> If word is also the pasting app it won't take plain text but rich
> text (formatted).
>
> Attached is a VB program that empties the clipboard (someone was too
> lazy to copy a space).
>
> This is the whole source code
> Sub Main()
> Clipboard.Clear
> End Sub
>
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> "Rocket J. Squirrel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Interesting...thanks for the info! I actually thought that the
>> Windows clipboard holds only one item at a time, so that when you
>> 'copy' or 'cut' something, the clipboard's previous contents are
>> overwritten. I know that the Office clipboard can store multiple
>> items.
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:35otc.8736$Ly.3339@attbi_s01...
>>> Rocky,
>>>
>>> One reason you might want to access the Clipboard is to clear it.
>>> I have to do that once in a while. I copy and paste a *lot*.
>>> Copy and Paste quits working and clearing out Clipboard seems to
>>> fix this. Clipboard takes ages to open for me so I actually use
>>> Empty Temp Folders
>> 283
>>> to clean out the clipboard.
>>>
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>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>> Wes
>>>
>>> In news:%23ZVQOk$(E-Mail Removed),
>>> Rocket J. Squirrel <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
>>>> The advice Wes gave you is correct, of course.
>>>>
>>>> You actually can access the Windows clipboard, if you wish. The
>>>> full path is:
>>>>
>>>> c:\windows\system32\clipbrd.exe
>>>>
>>>> although I can't think of a reason you'd want to. Windows XP
>>>> includes a service that makes it possible to share the contents of
>>>> the clipboard with remote computers across a network. That's a
>>>> head-scratcher for me.
>>>>
>>>> Rocky
>>>>
>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:135b601c443f6$4f92e7e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Thanks! And here I was looking for a clipboard....
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> After you click the Copy button |
>>>>>> Open Notepad | Right click | Paste
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>> Wes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:1375201c443e7$e6061080$(E-Mail Removed),
>>>>>> Ggm <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and
>>>>> pecked:
>>>>>>> How do you access the clipboard that you copy to in the
>>>>>>> event viewer? I can't find it anywere on my pc.
>>>>>> .
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