ClipControl

From all the features Windows puts at your disposal, the clipboard is probably used the most often. Sure enough it can only hold one item at a time, regardless of type, but its functionality can be extended with the help of specialized applications like ClipControl, which also lets you save clips for later use.

On launch, the application minimizes to the tray area, and it’s the place where it stays when not used. Interacting with it helps you easily select the item you want to paste, with the possibility to also bring up the configuration panel in order to manage all captured, and saved clips.

Needless to say that multiple items are saved during copy operations. However, you’re limited to a maximum of 9 slots. On the other hand, there’s an additional set of 9 buffer slots, and these ones are used to keep items saved so you can access them later on, even after restarting your computer or the application is closed.

Pasting items can be done in several ways. On the one hand, you can keep the main window up to have the latest clip shown, and a drop down menu to easily scroll through buffers and regular slots. However, this method implies copying the text from the dedicated field, with no option to send the selected slot to current paste function.

On the other hand, right-clicking the tray icon brings up a panel for easier pasting. All regular, and buffer slots are shown, with text preview, and selecting the item pastes it next. Apart from selection, the second menu type is equipped with an “execute” function. This means that you can use buffer slots to launch websites, and different executable files.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that ClipControl is a reliable application you can use to increase the number of clipboard slots, for a more efficient management of the copy and paste function. Custom websites, and applications can be launched if set inside buffer slots, with the only inconvenience being the limited number of slots to use.