How to view Clipboard content on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8


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Is Clipboard Viewer missing on your Windows 7 or Vista computer? This will be true as Microsoft has removed Clipboard Viewer utility from Windows 7 and Vista operating system due to security reasons. Ideally, we could use clipbrd command to open Clipboard on Windows XP computer.

There is no inbuilt command to open clipboard viewer and view current contents copied on the clipboard. However, there are few alternate work-arounds to view and delete clipboard contents on Windows 7 and Vista PC using a freeware Clipboard Viewer software programs.

Free Clipboard Viewer software for Win 7 & Vista

Download Free Clipboard Viewer program on your computer. It is a free portable utility software and does not require any installation.

How to view Clipboard content on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

How to view Clipboard content on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Once download is complete, double click on downloaded file to launch the Clipboard Viewer. It will display currently copied item on the clipboard of your Windows 7 or Vista sytem.

To delete clipboard items, click the Delete button. This will remove and clear content copied on clipboard of Windows 7 or Vista computer.

More Clipboard Viewers for Windows 7 & Vista

While above Free Clipboard Viewer program is enough for basic viewing and deletion of clipboard contents. If you want clipboard viewer with more advance features like clipboard data history, then you may download and use either of following clipboard viewer software:

  • Clipboard Help+Spell - It is a text-based clipboard utility with features like copy history, spell check, formatting, search and lot more. It is a free clipboard viewer program.
  • What is the Clipboard?

    The Windows Clipboard is used to temporarily store stuff. This “stuff” can come in the form of just about anything. Images, files, documents, etc. — they can all be placed on the clipboard. Once something has been copied to the clipboard it can be pasted into another location.

    The clipboard isn’t a program you can actually access and play with. It’s a built-in windows component that works transparently. When you copy or cut, the info is put onto this clipboard. When you paste, the information that’s on the clipboard is put into whatever it is you’re working on.

    For instance, if I have some information on a web page that I want to put into a word processing document, this is what would happen:

    1. I highlight and copy (CTRL-C) the text from the web page. When I do this, the text is placed on the clipboard.

    2. Now, I open my word processor (MS Word 2000 and up must be open before you copy). Right now, the info is still sitting on the clipboard and can be pasted into my word processor or any other program that can handle text.

    3. OK, now I right-click a blank area of my word processing document and choose Paste from the resulting menu (or just use CTRL-V) . This will take the info that’s currently sitting on the clipboard (i.e. the web page text in this case) and attempt to put it into my word processing document.

    I say “attempt to put the info on the clipboard into the word processor” because sometimes the info that’s on your clipboard is not compatible with the program you’re using. For example, if you try to paste a picture into notepad, that just isn’t going to work.

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