Command Prompt Hack – How to Enable Control+V!

I’ve always grown tired of the fact that Windows command prompt does not allow you to use any shortcuts like Control+C and Control+V for copying and pasting. I never understood why that wasn’t possible but here’s how to enable Control+V at the least for your next command prompt adventures.

Copy and Paste the following to AutoHotKey:

#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^V::
SendInput {Raw}%clipboard%
return
#IfWinActive

Of course, don’t forget you need to download AutoHotKey first!

via lifehacker

One Response to Command Prompt Hack – How to Enable Control+V!

1. sdodds says:

   August 26, 2010 at 4:13 pm

   Maybe I misunderstand this post. I just click on the top-left icon of the cmd prompt window (the icon says “C:\”, click Properties and enable QuickEdit mode. Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C then work fine.