Suppose you have a text file in txt format and you want to
copy the text inside it and use it in another document or place. What would be
the order? First, open the file with Notepad, Select All and copy the whole
contents and paste it into another text file or document. I’ll show you a trick
that you can copy text and contents of a txt file without opening it and use it
elsewhere. Follow these steps:
1. If you use Window XP, you must first download the
CLIP.EXE file from the Microsoft site. Here is the download link
If you are wondering what is clip.exe file, then you should know it is a free DOS utility from Microsoft and it redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard and the text output can then be pasted into other programs.
After downloading the exe file, double click it to run. If you
use Windows Vista or 7, then you don’t need to download this file.
2. Now open to Start>Run>regedit and go
to
If you are not able to find txtfile, then first go to
and from the right pan see what is the name of the file type key, but it is usually txtfile. In Windows XP, expand this path:
4. Again right click on copycontents and select New>Key and name the new key command.
Select OK and exit from the Registry editor. It’s all done.
If you are not able to find txtfile, then first go to
and from the right pan see what is the name of the file type key, but it is usually txtfile. In Windows XP, expand this path:
Right click on the shell and select New>Key and name the
new key copycontents.
3. Click on copycontents (the new key that you have made) to
select it. In the right pane, double click on Default and in Value data section
enter Copy Contents to Clipboard and select OK.
4. Again right click on copycontents and select New>Key and name the new key command.
5. Select command, and in the
right window double click on Default and enter the following command for Value
data
Select OK and exit from the Registry editor. It’s all done.
After
that whenever you right click on a text file, you have the option Copy to
Clipboard. You can just select this option and the contents of the txt file will be
copied to clipboard without the need of opening the actual txt file. If you want to
go back to the Windows default, just delete the keys that you made in Registry.