How to Add "Copy Content to Clipboard" to Context Menu in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Information
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Copy to Clipboard from the right context menu of BAT, CMD, CSS, HTML, JS, LOG (txt), REG, RTF, TXT, and VBS files in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
If added, this makes it a lot easier to copy the entire contents of a file with one of these file extensions to the clipboard, then paste the contents where you like.
Note
This will not work for the
RTF (WordPad) file extension context menus if you have
Microsoft Office Word installed and set as the
default program to open RTF files instead of WordPad.
EXAMPLE: Context Menu with "Copy Content to Clipboard" Added or Removed
OPTION ONE
Add or Remove "Copy Content to Clipboard" using REG File
NOTE: This option will allow you to automatically add or remove Copy to Clipboard from all of the context menus of the BAT, CMD, CSS, HTML, JS, LOG (txt), REG, RTF, TXT, and VBS files at once.
1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.
2. To Add "Copy Content to Clipboard"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Add_Copy_Content_to_Clipboard.reg
3. To Remove "Copy Content to Clipboard"
A) Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to
step 4 below.
Remove_Copy_Content_to_Clipboard.reg
4. Save the
.reg file to your
Desktop.
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded
.reg file to merge it.
6. Click/tap on
Run,
Continue (UAC-Vista) or
Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8),
Yes, and then
OK when prompted.
7. When done, you can delete the downloaded
.reg file if you like.
OPTION TWO
Add or Remove "Copy Content to Clipboard" in Registry Editor
NOTE: This option will allow you to manually pick and choose to add or remove Copy to Clipboard from either one, more, or all of the context menus of the BAT, CMD, CSS, HTML, JS, LOG (txt), REG, RTF, TXT, and VBS files.
1. Press the
Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type
regedit, and press Enter.
2. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on
Continue (Vista) or
Yes (Windows 7/8).
3. Do
step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.
4. To Add "Copy Content to Clipboard" to the Context Menu
A) In regedit, navigate to the location below for the
file extension that you wish to add
Copy Content to Clipboard to.
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CSSfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSFile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\shell
B) In the left pane of regedit, right click on
shell, click/tap on
New and
Key, type
Copy Content to Clipboard, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
C) In the right pane of
Copy Content to Clipboard, right click on a empty space, click on
New and
String Value, type
Icon, press Enter, and double click/tap on
Icon to modify it. (see screenshot above)
D) In the
Edit String box, copy and paste the commmand below, and click/tap on
OK.
DxpTaskSync.dll,-52
E) In the left pane of regedit, right click on
Copy Content to Clipboard, click/tap on
New and
Key, type
command, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
F) In the right pane of
command, double click/tap on
(Default) to modify it. (see screenshot above)
G) In the
Edit String box, copy and paste the commmand below, and click/tap on
OK.
cmd /c clip < "%1"
H) Repeat
step 3 above for any other
file extenstion that you wish to add
Copy Content to Clipboard to it's context menu.
I) When finished, go to
step 6 below.
5. To REMOVE "Copy Content to Clipboard" from the Context Menu
A) In regedit, navigate to the location below for the
file extension that you wish to remove
Copy Content to Clipboard from.
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CSSfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSFile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtffile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\shell\Copy Content to Clipboard
B) In the left pane of regedit, right click on
Copy Content to Clipboard, and click/tap on
Delete. (see screenshot below)
C) Click/tap on
Yes to approve deleting the key. (see screenshot below)
D) Repeat
step 4 above for any other
file extenstion that you wish to remove
Copy Content to Clipboard from it's context menu.
E) When finished, continue on to
step 6.
6. Close Registry Editor.
That's it,
Shawn