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My current technique is to right-click in the command prompt and then click paste. This bugs me - is there a better way?

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  • Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why they didn't just add support for a control-v paste command? Nov 2, 2011 at 13:59

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Its not amazingly user friendly, but you can paste with ALT+Space, e, p.

From here.

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This was solved on Server Fault:

I personally use a little AutoHotkey script to remap certain keyboard functions, for the console window (CMD) I use:>

; Redefine only when the active window is a console window 
#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass> 

; Close Command Window with Ctrl+w
$^w::
WinGetTitle sTitle
If (InStr(sTitle, "-")=0) { 
    Send EXIT{Enter}
} else {
    Send ^w
}

return 


; Ctrl+up / Down to scroll command window back and forward
^Up::
Send {WheelUp}
return

^Down::
Send {WheelDown}
return


; Paste in command window
^V::
; Spanish menu (Editar->Pegar, I suppose English version is the same, Edit->Paste)
Send !{Space}ep
return

#IfWinActive 
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alt+space+E+P should do it

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On Windows 10, you can enable Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to work in the command prompt:

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  • Your screenshots are incorrect, you don't seem to be in windows 10, it seems to be windows 8/8.1.
    – Wasif
    Sep 17, 2020 at 1:43
  • @WasifHasan same location on Windows 10. Sep 17, 2020 at 1:49
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Control and V, like the rest of the OS :P

#IfWinActive, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^v:: Send !{Space}ep
#IfWinActive

(Yep, that's just automating the previous answers, but automating them it is. Autohotkey! :))

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