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Draft:Clipboard Viewer
Component of Microsoft Windows | |
![]() Clipboard Viewer in Windows 1.0 Development Release 5 | |
File name/executable | CLIP.EXE ClipBrd.exe |
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Other name(s) | ClipBook Viewer (Windows NT prior to XP) Clipboard History(Windows 10 and later) |
Type | Clipboard manager |
Introduced in | Windows 1.0(original) Windows 10(as Clipboard History) |
Last included in | Windows XP(original) |
Clipboard Viewer is a utility that enables users in accessing the history of their copied or cut text within the clipboard, initially introduced in Windows 1.0. Furthermore, it enables the saving of clipboard contents and sharing with other users with the Windows NT version (known as ClipBook Viewer).
History[edit source]
Original implementation (16-bit Windows and Windows 9x)[edit source]
Clipboard Viewer debuted in Windows 1.0 as a simple clipboard management program with basic functions including deleting and copying clipboard data.
ClipBook Viewer (Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT (prior to XP))[edit source]
A more advanced version, known as ClipBook Viewer, was released with Windows for Workgroups 3.1. It can view and manage clipboard contents, share them with other users, and save them to a .clp
file. The clipboard contents can also be accessed in a variety of formats, including plain text, Unicode, HTML, RTF, and OLE private data.
Clipboard History (Windows 10 and later)[edit source]
14 years after the elimination of ClipBook Viewer from Windows Vista, a comparable feature called Clipboard History was introduced in build 17666. It retains the core functionality of the previous implementation; however, it can view more than one content in the clipboard (hence the name Clipboard History). Additionally, it is disabled by default and can only be turned on in Settings. Furthermore, it is incorporated into the user interface and can be activated by pressing ⊞ Win+V. The clipboard history is stored in %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Clipboard
.
Gallery[edit source]
Clipboard Viewer in Windows 3.1 build 043e
Clipboard History in Windows 10 build 17666 (rs_prerelease)
Clipboard History in Windows 10 build 21296.1000