Clearing the clipboard

2008-08-27 12:27:43

#1

TravisC555: Member; +118|6487|Cox Convention Center, OK

Is there a key or combination of keys (eg Ctrl + some other key) that you can press to clear the clipboard or do I need to go to Start > Run > "clipbrd" to open the clipboard viewer and clear the contents out. Also can you make a batch file to clear the clipboard?

Thanks.

2008-08-27 12:34:04

#2

Brasso: member; +1,549|6898

I had never heard of the clipbrd thing before you mentioned it, and now I know why. It doesn't work.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-08-27 13:06:41

#3

Defiance: Member; +438|6939

haffeysucks wrote:
I had never heard of the clipbrd thing before you mentioned it, and now I know why. It doesn't work.

Works fine for me, there's really just no point to it.

2008-08-27 13:12:09

#4

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6660|Southern California

Type a space, then copy it?

I dunno why you would ever need to clear the clip board?

2008-08-27 13:12:12

#5

Brasso: member; +1,549|6898

Defiance wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
I had never heard of the clipbrd thing before you mentioned it, and now I know why. It doesn't work.
Works fine for me, there's really just no point to it.

i'm using vista, doesn't seem to work for me.

edit: a quick google search tells me that it wasn't included in vista. probably because it was useless.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-08-27 13:13:40)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-08-27 13:14:03

#6

Defiance: Member; +438|6939

haffeysucks wrote:
Defiance wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
I had never heard of the clipbrd thing before you mentioned it, and now I know why. It doesn't work.
Works fine for me, there's really just no point to it.
i'm using vista, doesn't seem to work for me.

edit: a quick google search tells me that it wasn't included in vista. probably because it was useless.

Pretty much. Though it's still possible to drop clipbrd.exe in to system32 and it'll work.

2008-08-27 13:15:06

#7

Brasso: member; +1,549|6898

Defiance wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
Defiance wrote:

Works fine for me, there's really just no point to it.
i'm using vista, doesn't seem to work for me.

edit: a quick google search tells me that it wasn't included in vista. probably because it was useless.
Pretty much. Though it's still possible to drop clipbrd.exe in to system32 and it'll work.

yeah but i would never use it.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-08-27 14:46:50

#8

tkoi: Utahraptor!; +148|6415|Texas

You can write an AHK script (Autohotkey) to clear the clipboard, and either use a hotkey to do it, or just run the script when you want to.
The code would look like this:

Code:

Clipboard := ""

or

Code:

#NoTrayIcon ; remove or comment out this line if you want a systray icon to be displayed
#c:: ; Win + C
  Clipboard := ""
  return

2008-08-27 15:08:48

#9

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6381|SC | USA |

lel at the possibility of the OP copying pr0nz.

2008-08-27 18:50:28

#10

TravisC555: Member; +118|6487|Cox Convention Center, OK

VicktorVauhn wrote:
I dunno why you would ever need to clear the clip board?

To clear passwords. And thank you GGforce for that script and program. +1 to you.

2008-08-27 18:53:41

#11

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6790|...

clip.exe < pathtoblankfile.txt

2008-08-27 18:59:40

#12

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6660|Southern California

TravisC555 wrote:
VicktorVauhn wrote:
I dunno why you would ever need to clear the clip board?
To clear passwords. And thank you GGforce for that script and program. +1 to you.

I am not trying to challenge you, or what ever... don't take this comment as something against you...

But I don't see why not just highlight anything on the screen and ctrl + c , seems like it would be much easier then tracking down a way to clear it...

Oh well, different strokes... good to see your got your answer.

2008-08-27 20:52:47

#13

BlackKoala: Member; +215|6593

Open anything, firefox, notepad, anything.

Space bar
shift and left arrow
Ctrl + C

WOW THAT WAS HARD.

2008-08-27 21:00:43

#14

chittydog: less busy; +586|7103|Kubra, Damn it!

VicktorVauhn wrote:
TravisC555 wrote:
VicktorVauhn wrote:
I dunno why you would ever need to clear the clip board?
To clear passwords. And thank you GGforce for that script and program. +1 to you.
I am not trying to challenge you, or what ever... don't take this comment as something against you...

But I don't see why not just highlight anything on the screen and ctrl + c , seems like it would be much easier then tracking down a way to clear it...

Oh well, different strokes... good to see your got your answer.

Yeah, this. Also, if you're so concerned about security, why are you copying and pasting passwords anyway? Now we know to look for your passwords in a file in your recent documents.

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