What happened to Clipboard?

Hi,

I used to be able to open clipboard in XP to clear its content, but now it
isn't available and the clip.exe doesn't open. How does one clear the
clipboard in Vista?

Tom;615875 Wrote:
> Hi
>
> I used to be able to open clipboard in XP to clear its content, but no
> it isn't available and the clip.exe doesn't open. How does one clear th
> clipboard in Vista

From Windows Help

> The Clipboard is a temporary storage area for information that you hav
> copied or moved from one place and plan to use somewhere else. You ca
> select text or graphics and then use the Cut or Copy commands to mov
> your selection to the Clipboard, where it will be stored until you us
> the Paste command to insert it elsewhere. For example, you might want t
> copy a section of text from a website, and then paste that text into a
> e‑mail message. The Clipboard is available in most Window
> programs

The Clipboard Viewer is no longer a part of Windows. Windows XP used
utility called ClipBook Viewer (CLIPBRD.EXE), which is also no longe
included in Vist

The CLIP.EXE program that you mention having used in XP was likely
third-party utility that you had installed

If you wish to clear the clipboard, have not you tried simplyin
copying something else? The act of copying a file from Explorer, or tex
in Notepad or Word (or any other program that support Cut & Paste), wil
"clear" the previous contents of the clipboard

Some programs, like Corel Paint Shop Pro, have a command to clear th
clipboard of all its current information

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Just copy a blank space from anywhere you can copy to the clipboard and it
is clear except for that space.

"Tom" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I used to be able to open clipboard in XP to clear its content, but now it
> isn't available and the clip.exe doesn't open. How does one clear the
> clipboard in Vista?

"dzomlija" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Tom;615875 Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I used to be able to open clipboard in XP to clear its content, but now
>> it isn't available and the clip.exe doesn't open. How does one clear the
>> clipboard in Vista?
>
> From Windows Help:
>
>> The Clipboard is a temporary storage area for information that you have
>> copied or moved from one place and plan to use somewhere else. You can
>> select text or graphics and then use the Cut or Copy commands to move
>> your selection to the Clipboard, where it will be stored until you use
>> the Paste command to insert it elsewhere. For example, you might want to
>> copy a section of text from a website, and then paste that text into an
>> e‑mail message. The Clipboard is available in most Windows
>> programs.
>
> The Clipboard Viewer is no longer a part of Windows. Windows XP used a
> utility called ClipBook Viewer (CLIPBRD.EXE), which is also no longer
> included in Vista
>
> The CLIP.EXE program that you mention having used in XP was likely a
> third-party utility that you had installed.
>
> If you wish to clear the clipboard, have not you tried simplying
> copying something else? The act of copying a file from Explorer, or text
> in Notepad or Word (or any other program that support Cut & Paste), will
> "clear" the previous contents of the clipboard.
>
> Some programs, like Corel Paint Shop Pro, have a command to clear the
> clipboard of all its current information.
>

clip.exe is part of Vista (in the Windows/System32 folder) and not anything
that I installed. Anyway, does anyone have an anser how to clear the
clipboard?

Anyway, I just copied the file from my XP CD and made it a shortcut in my
quicklaunch, works a treat.

Tom;617471 Wrote:
> "dzomlija" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > Tom;615875 Wrote:
> > >
> > > From Windows Help:
> > >
> > >
> > > The Clipboard Viewer is no longer a part of Windows. Windows XP used
> > a
> > > utility called ClipBook Viewer (CLIPBRD.EXE), which is also no longer
> > > included in Vista
> > >
> > > The CLIP.EXE program that you mention having used in XP was likely a
> > > third-party utility that you had installed.
> > >
> > > If you wish to clear the clipboard, have not you tried simplying
> > > copying something else? The act of copying a file from Explorer, or
> > text
> > > in Notepad or Word (or any other program that support Cut & Paste),
> > will
> > > "clear" the previous contents of the clipboard.
> > >
> > > Some programs, like Corel Paint Shop Pro, have a command to clear the
> > > clipboard of all its current information.
> > > > >
>
> clip.exe is part of Vista (in the Windows/System32 folder) and not
> anything that I installed. Anyway, does anyone have an anser how to
> clear the clipboard?
>
> Anyway, I just copied the file from my XP CD and made it a shortcut
> in my
> quicklaunch, works a treat.

CLIP.EXE is Windows Vista is a command line tool. The following text is
a snapshot of the output from a Vista Command Line window, where the
comand "CLIP /?" has been executed:


Code:
--------------------

C:\Users\Peter Dzomlija>clip /?
CLIP
Description:
Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard.
This text output can then be pasted into other programs.
Parameter List:
/? Displays this help message.
Examples:
DIR | CLIP Places a copy of the current directory
listing into the Windows clipboard.
CLIP < README.TXT Places a copy of the text from readme.txt
on to the Windows clipboard.
C:\Users\Peter Dzomlija>

--------------------


The following is a snapshot of a command-line window in Windows XP,
showing the search for all files named CLIP*.*:


Code:
--------------------

C:\>dir clip*.* /s /a
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 6C40-B88A
Directory of C:\lotus\wordpro\graphics
1996/08/28 03:23 AM 2,520 clipbord.sdw
1 File(s) 2,520 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Help
2001/08/23 02:00 PM 25,129 clipbrd.chm
2001/08/23 02:00 PM 45,445 clipbrd.hlp
2 File(s) 70,574 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch
2008/02/17 11:25 AM 26,430 CLIPBRD.EXE-1B911FB5.pf
1 File(s) 26,430 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32
2004/08/04 12:56 AM 102,912 clipbrd.exe
2004/08/04 12:56 AM 33,280 clipsrv.exe
2 File(s) 136,192 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
2004/08/04 12:56 AM 102,912 clipbrd.exe
2004/08/04 12:56 AM 33,280 clipsrv.exe
2 File(s) 136,192 bytes
Total Files Listed:
8 File(s) 371,908 bytes
0 Dir(s) 64,900,153,344 bytes free
C:\>

--------------------


The conclusion? CLIP.EXE is not a standard part of Windows XP, as you
claim. The reference you make is to a third-party utility, which is
clearly different to the functions of CLIP.EXE as provided for in
Windows Vista.

If you want to clear the clipboard of it's existing data, just copy a
blank space from within NOTEPAD or some other text editor.


--
dzomlija

_____________________
Peter Alexander Dzomlija
-Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
you die, so shall I be Reborn...-

-Download MP3 Media Properties Explorer: --http://www.phx.co.za-

- ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
- AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
- 4GB DDR400
- 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi Chassis
- 1207GB Formatted Storage
- Vista Ultimate x64
- CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at: http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/

This command from a shortcut blanks the clipboard

cmd /c "echo off | clip"

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"Tom" <> wrote in message
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> clip.exe is part of Vista (in the Windows/System32 folder) and not
> anything that I installed. Anyway, does anyone have an anser how to clear
> the clipboard?
>
> Anyway, I just copied the file from my XP CD and made it a shortcut in my
> quicklaunch, works a treat.

"dzomlija" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Tom;617471 Wrote:
>> "dzomlija" <> wrote in message
>> news:...> > >
>> > >
>> > > Tom;615875 Wrote:
>> > >
>> > > From Windows Help:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The Clipboard Viewer is no longer a part of Windows. Windows XP used
>> > a
>> > > utility called ClipBook Viewer (CLIPBRD.EXE), which is also no longer
>> > > included in Vista
>> > >
>> > > The CLIP.EXE program that you mention having used in XP was likely a
>> > > third-party utility that you had installed.
>> > >
>> > > If you wish to clear the clipboard, have not you tried simplying
>> > > copying something else? The act of copying a file from Explorer, or
>> > text
>> > > in Notepad or Word (or any other program that support Cut & Paste),
>> > will
>> > > "clear" the previous contents of the clipboard.
>> > >
>> > > Some programs, like Corel Paint Shop Pro, have a command to clear the
>> > > clipboard of all its current information.
>> > > > >
>>
>> clip.exe is part of Vista (in the Windows/System32 folder) and not
>> anything that I installed. Anyway, does anyone have an anser how to
>> clear the clipboard?
>>
>> Anyway, I just copied the file from my XP CD and made it a shortcut
>> in my
>> quicklaunch, works a treat.
>
> CLIP.EXE is Windows Vista is a command line tool. The following text is
> a snapshot of the output from a Vista Command Line window, where the
> comand "CLIP /?" has been executed:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> C:\Users\Peter Dzomlija>clip /?
> CLIP
> Description:
> Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard.
> This text output can then be pasted into other programs.
> Parameter List:
> /? Displays this help message.
> Examples:
> DIR | CLIP Places a copy of the current directory
> listing into the Windows clipboard.
> CLIP < README.TXT Places a copy of the text from readme.txt
> on to the Windows clipboard.
> C:\Users\Peter Dzomlija>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> The following is a snapshot of a command-line window in Windows XP,
> showing the search for all files named CLIP*.*:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> C:\>dir clip*.* /s /a
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 6C40-B88A
> Directory of C:\lotus\wordpro\graphics
> 1996/08/28 03:23 AM 2,520 clipbord.sdw
> 1 File(s) 2,520 bytes
> Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Help
> 2001/08/23 02:00 PM 25,129 clipbrd.chm
> 2001/08/23 02:00 PM 45,445 clipbrd.hlp
> 2 File(s) 70,574 bytes
> Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch
> 2008/02/17 11:25 AM 26,430 CLIPBRD.EXE-1B911FB5.pf
> 1 File(s) 26,430 bytes
> Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32
> 2004/08/04 12:56 AM 102,912 clipbrd.exe
> 2004/08/04 12:56 AM 33,280 clipsrv.exe
> 2 File(s) 136,192 bytes
> Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
> 2004/08/04 12:56 AM 102,912 clipbrd.exe
> 2004/08/04 12:56 AM 33,280 clipsrv.exe
> 2 File(s) 136,192 bytes
> Total Files Listed:
> 8 File(s) 371,908 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 64,900,153,344 bytes free
> C:\>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> The conclusion? CLIP.EXE is not a standard part of Windows XP, as you
> claim. The reference you make is to a third-party utility, which is
> clearly different to the functions of CLIP.EXE as provided for in
> Windows Vista.

Where did I say it was a strandard in XP? Please read the thread over again,
and you'll see you didn't read it correctly.

>
> If you want to clear the clipboard of it's existing data, just copy a
> blank space from within NOTEPAD or some other text editor.

Too difficult, and I just stated that I copied the clipboard.exe from my XP
(as I have one for this PC as my system is an upgrade to Vista, get it now)
and it works just fine..

Thanks for this but I already have the solution and I don't need to type it
in a command line (or in Start/Run).


"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> This command from a shortcut blanks the clipboard
>
> cmd /c "echo off | clip"
>
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> "Tom" <> wrote in message
> news:C759D675-9F09-459D-9D03-...
>> clip.exe is part of Vista (in the Windows/System32 folder) and not
>> anything that I installed. Anyway, does anyone have an anser how to clear
>> the clipboard?
>>
>> Anyway, I just copied the file from my XP CD and made it a shortcut in my
>> quicklaunch, works a treat.
>