Command Prompt, Copying and Pasting

Are you an incurable Command Prompt fiend? Do you wish you could copy and paste between the Windows GUI and a Command Prompt window? Well, you can. Here's how.

Firstly enable QuickEdit Mode

1. Open a Command prompt console (START | Run | CMD)
2. Right-click on the title bar
3. Select Properties
4. Under the Options tab, tick QuickEdit Mode
5. Select 'Save Properties for future windows with same title' if you want to keep this change forever. Select 'Apply Properties for current window' only if you only want to enable QuickEdit for this session
6. Click OK

To Paste information into the Command Console with QuickEdit enabled

1. Place information into the clipboard [i.e. CTRL-C]
2. Right click into the console to paste the information

To Copy Information From the Console into the Clipboard

1. Click and drag to highlight the information in the console
2. Press Enter or Right Click in the console, to put this information into the clipboard