Re: copy/ paste with keys in cmd.exe
From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 11/18/04
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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:18:10 -0700
Right-click the shortcut, then Properties|Options then check the box for
"Quick Edit" mode. This will allow you to left-click-drag over the text then
press enter resulting in the text being placed on the clipboard.
-- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Mike Maxwell" wrote: | Is there any way to do copy/ paste (of characters, not files) in | cmd.exe? I haven't been able to find anything, either by searching or | by random keypresses. (There was a thread on a related topic a year or | so ago, but only the mouse right click was mentioned.) | | In particular, ^C and ^V don't work, nor does the Ins key no matter what | modifiers I use (and no matter what setting I have on Properties | Quick | edit mode). The only thing seems to be to right click the mouse, or to | use the menu. | | Does doskey somehow automatically run when cmd.exe starts up? It seems | like that might be intervening, but I can't find any way to prevent | doskey from starting up. | | If I'm not mistaken, this was possible in earlier versions of Windows. | Is this functionality really gone in XP? | | Mike Maxwell
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