I'm looking to visually view the contents of my clipboard in Windows 8. From what I've researched the Clipboard viewer program is only installed in Windows XP and below.
Is there another way to view the contents of the Clipboard visually within Windows 8?
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A Clipboard Manager For Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. It automatically saves everything you are working on, including text, images, URLs, files, and folders. It lets you manage the clipboard entries, letting you add new items, edit them, save them in files and delete the unneeded ones. You can even preview any saved clipboard item from right within the app.Save.me is a portable application and can be launched directly from your computer or even a USB flash drive. Once started, it runs in the system tray and saves everything you copy to the clipboard.
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True. There is no Clipboard viewer application included in Windows 8. Try a free application like Free Clipboard Viewer.
Failed to create dump file error 183. I have just learned from Wikipedia that it is possible to copy the executable from Windows XP and use it in Windows Vista, 7 and 8. See here for details.
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My advice is to download a third party app as clipclip.com
So you can view your clipboard history, plus saving and organizing your clips.
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The clipboard, also referred to as pasteboard, is a special location in your computer's memory that temporarily stores data that was cut or copied from a document. This data can then be pasted to a new location. The clipboard will hold its information until you cut or copy something else, or log out of the computer. For example, a user may copy information from a word processor and paste that information into an e-mail message.
Many operating systems include 'clipboard viewers' that display what information is currently being stored in the clipboard. These utilities may also be used to configure the clipboard with permissions, or view the clipboard's history.
How do I open the clipboard?
Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 users
Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to no longer included any clipboard viewer in Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10. To view the contents of the clipboard, you need to download a third-party utility or app.
Note
The command line clip command still works. See the command line section for further information.
Windows 2000 and XP users
Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP users may find it difficult to locate the clipboard because it was renamed to the Clipbook viewer. It can be located by opening Windows Explorer, opening the 'Winnt' or 'Windows' folder, then the 'System32' folder. Find and double click the clipbrd.exe file.
Users can also click Start, Run, type clipbrd and press Enter to execute this program.
Windows 9x, ME, and NT users
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and ME come installed with a clipboard viewer that can be run by clicking Start, Programs, System Tools, and clicking Clipboard Viewer. The clipboard viewer is also executable through the clipbrd.exe file in the Windows directory.
Windows command line
The clip command allows you to redirect output from a Windows command line command to the Windows clipboard. See the clip command page for further information and examples on this command.
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