Clipboard Enhanced

The Windows clipboard is a lot more powerful than you probably even realize. Just imagine being unable to use the copy paste function for text and files, which is kind of difficult to think about. In case you want to squeeze more juice out of it, then applications like Clipboard Enhanced can provide more features.

You can take the application with you on a USB flash drive to use on other computers as well, but this doesn’t mean you’re able to carry saved entries. In any case, portability keeps the target computer clean, since it doesn’t rely on any registries in order to properly function.

On launch, the application directly minimizes to the system tray area, with a notification balloon to let you know it’s there. In fact, there isn’t even a main window to work with, and all operations are performed through hotkeys or the associated tray icon. The only window you get to see is when you want to take a look at the list of supported hotkeys.

Unfortunately, Clipboard Enhanced doesn’t allow you to change any of the configured keys, so you need to find a way to adapt and work with them. The numpad proves useful here, because it’s serves as a method of storing multiple entries, and perform some specific copy and paste operations.

The application keeps track of two types of clipboard content, namely static and dynamic. The last is used the most, being the regular clipboard where everything you copy gets saved. The static clipboard represents all entries you configure, and those don’t get changed until you say so. It can take a bit of time and practice to properly take advantage of the features at your disposal, especially because there’s no list to view or pick what to paste.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Clipboard Enhanced is sure to come in handy, at least for the possibility to save multiple entries you need to frequently use. Although it feels a little rough around the edges, it only takes a while to know it to be able to use it as it was intended.