{"id":1116,"date":"2017-09-05T07:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T01:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:10:30","slug":"enable-copy-paste-windows-10-command-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-copy-paste-windows-10-command-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Copy and Paste in Command Prompt on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to learn how to enable Copy and Paste in Command Prompt on Windows 10 PC? Here\u2019s how to enable Ctrl + C \/ Ctrl + V for Copy \/ Paste in Windows 10 CMD.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Do you want to know how to copy and paste in Command Prompt<\/strong> on Window 10 PC? or<\/p>\n

Are you looking for the ways to enable Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V for copying and pasting in Windows 10 command prompt?<\/p>\n

As we all know, <\/span>Command Prompt<\/strong>\u00a0(also known as cmd<\/strong> or cmd.exe<\/strong>) is the best command-line interpreter and the most useful way to access anything in Windows operating systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows Command Prompt<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is always the first choice of all Windows users whenever it comes to perform any task as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the most annoying thing with Windows command prompt\u00a0tool is that it doesn’t allow you to copy and paste in Command Prompt\u00a0<\/strong>by default. In simple words, you can’t paste any content inside the Command Prompt window using Ctrl + V shortcut key and even you can’t copy any content from the Command Prompt using Ctrl + C shortcut key.<\/p>\n

In all the previous versions of Windows, Microsoft did not include any direct option of copy and paste in Command Prompt window. But the most pleasurable news is that the latest\u00a0Windows 10\u00a0operating system has come up with the option of copy and paste (Ctrl+C<\/strong> and<\/strong> Ctrl+V<\/strong>) in Command Prompt including many other edit options and text selection options.<\/p>\n

Since by default, you cannot select<\/strong> or copy and paste in CMD<\/strong> on Windows 10, so you need to enable copy and paste in Windows 10 Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

You might also like to know: How to Change Keyboard Settings on Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

How to Enable Copy and Paste in Windows 10 Command Prompt<\/span><\/h2>\n

Enabling copy and paste functionality\u00a0in Windows 10 command prompt a is super easy thing, only you have to perform few clicks and you are done. Here’s how to enable Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V<\/strong> for Copy and Paste in CMD on Windows 10 operating system:<\/p>\n

First of all, open Command Prompt with administrative privileges<\/a><\/strong> by right-clicking on the Start<\/strong> button and then selecting Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n

Next,\u00a0right-click on the top bar of the Command Prompt window and select\u00a0Properties <\/strong>option.<\/p>\n

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On the Command Prompt Properties<\/span> window, go to the Options<\/strong> tab and then check\u00a0the Enable Ctrl key shortcuts <\/strong>box which is available under Edit Options <\/strong>section.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Finally, click on the\u00a0OK\u00a0<\/strong>button\u00a0<\/b>to save the changes. That’s it!<\/p>\n

In case, if you are using the old version of Windows 10 then go to the\u00a0Experimental<\/strong>\u00a0tab and check<\/strong> the Enable new key Ctrl shortcuts <\/strong>box. Finally, click on the\u00a0OK <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n

Thus, you have successfully enabled the feature of\u00a0copy and paste in Command Prompt on your Windows 10 computer. From now on, you will be able to use all the\u00a0Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V shortcut keys for copying and pasting in Windows 10 Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

Once you have successfully enabled Ctrl key shortcuts\u00a0f<\/strong>unctionality\u00a0<\/strong>in the Command Prompt, now you can use all the different kinds of\u00a0Ctrl keyboard shortcuts keys for command prompt to get things done faster.<\/p>\n

Here’s the list of Command Prompt keyboard shortcuts<\/strong> for Windows 10 operating system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ctrl + C<\/strong> (or Ctrl + Insert)<\/td>\nCopy the selected text<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + V<\/strong> (or Shift + Insert)<\/td>\nPaste the selected text<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + M<\/strong><\/td>\nEnter Mark mode<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + Home<\/strong> (Mark mode)<\/td>\nMove the cursor to the beginning of the buffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + End<\/strong> (Mark mode)<\/td>\nMove the cursor to the end of the buffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + Up arrow<\/strong><\/td>\nMove up one line in the output history<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ctrl + Down arrow<\/strong><\/td>\nMove down one line in the output history<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Along with the\u00a0Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V\u00a0shortcut keys for copy and paste in command prompt<\/strong>, you can use all these Windows 10 Command Prompt keyboard shortcut keys only after enabling Ctrl key shortcuts option as explained above.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0hope you found\u00a0this tutorial useful for you, feel free to share your view with us using the comment section below. We will try to come up with more innovative and helpful Windows 10 command prompt tutorials.<\/p>\n

Also let us know, if you have any other best way to enable copy and paste in Windows 10 Command Prompt<\/strong> on Windows 10\u00a0computers.<\/p>\n

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