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Automatic rename on Win XP
Is there a registry trick to rename conflicting files on paste?
I know that "Picture and Fax viewer" slideshow timing can be changed by registry editing. Can something similar be done for the ...
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How to better copy&paste big files over RDP?
Recently I was making a few attempts to copy&paste a big (1.2 GB) file to remote computer over RDP. The remote computer is virtual testing machine with MS Windows Server 2008 Datacenter.
First ...
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how to change the default drag&drop action on a folder in win7
suppose I'm having a folder which is a special folder to me and I always drag&drop many file on it ... I want to change the default {copy to} action to {move to} action ...
this is what I mean:
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How can I Pbpaste an image in to the command line?
Current use case:
I select "copy image" on some random png in safari.
I type pbpaste into terminal, and get the link to the image.
Is there anyway to get the binary data instead?
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Is there a way to disable copy paste on any VNC server?
Is it possible to disable copy/paste on VNC Server? I would like to allow a user to connect but not be able to transfer files or copy/paste anything out. While transfer files can be blocked (at least ...
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Why does Ctrl + V not paste in Bash (Linux shell)?
When I copy something to the clipboard and press Ctrl + V in Bash, nothing happens; However, right clicking and selecting Paste does the job.
Why? Is there any reasonable issue (I'm sure there is) ...
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Why does Notepad++ turn commas into semicolons when copying+pasting, and how can we prevent it from happening?
I have a report from someone asking a programming question on StackOverflow that when they pasted valid code
[(1, "google"), (2, "facebook"), (3, "apple")]
from Notepad++ into StackOverflow, it ...
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Copying formulas in Excel
I have an Excel spreadsheet containing many sheets, most of which have formulas.
I have managed to copy most of the sheets (with formulas) into a new Excel file. To copy the sheets I used Copy and ...
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copy excel cell copies carriage return also
I am copying individual cells from excel and pasting it into SQL. Each time I do it, carriage return is automatically added to copy.
Repro:
Enter 123 in any cell in excel 2007.Click on another ...
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Text boxes in excel disappear when worksheet is copied into new workbook
(Using Excel 2010) I am trying to copy a worksheet that has text boxes and paste it into an existing workbook. When I copy the worksheet (CTRL+A+A or right click-copy) and paste the worksheet in the ...
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Google Chrome Interferes with Copy and Paste in Excel
I have got the following problem: Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) function in Excel 2010 does not work (or acts weirdly) if I have Google Chrome opened at the same time.
This issue is Excel-specific ...
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How to paste word item from numbered list without initial number
When I copy a line from a numbered list in word 2010, if I paste it, either in word or other apps, I get the initial number as well. How do I prevent the number from getting pasted? To illustrate:
I ...
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Can I copy some text and paste edited text based on rules?
Ok, so I have a question that I really can't find an answer too on the Internet so far!
How can I copy a piece of text and then when I paste it somewhere else, have it edited based on a rule?
For ...
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Copy Paste to Guest Ubuntu Server in Virtualbox
Hi I have windows 7 and virtualbox installed, with Ubuntu server 11.10 as a guest. I would like to copy and paste commands from websites on windows to the ubuntu server command line. The ubuntu server ...
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Internet Explorer paste to Excel hang
One of my colleagues is having a trouble when copying data from our website to Excel. Excel freezes for 5-7 minutes (we timed it) before any data shows up. If using Paste Special / Values it's ...
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Copy and paste in Windows PowerShell
How do I effectively copy and paste input and output in the Windows PowerShell?
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Excel 2010 - Copy doesn't drag / Pasting option is only Unicode Text
It seems that when I copy a cell, it is not highlighted and cannot be dragged and the only paste option is unicode text or text.
I checked File-Options-Advanced-Editing Options and I have my "Enable ...
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How can I copy/paste data to and from the Windows clipboard to an OpenSuse clipboard using VNC?
I am connecting to a remote OpenSuse computer using VNC from Windows. On other Linuces that I've used over VNC, I can copy text between the remote machine and the local Windows machine using the ...
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How can I copy and paste text out of a remote vim to a local vim?
I'm editing a file in vim on a remote machine via ssh and I want to copy text out of the remote file and paste it into a vim instance running on my local machine. Is there an easy way to do this? I ...
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How do I cut and paste between different files using emacs?
I'm running OSX 10.6.8. Lets say I have two terminal windows open and in each window I begin editing a different file using emacs. In the first file I select some text and then copy it (M-w), and in ...
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Open clipboard data using some hotkey
Is there some tool that enables to use some hotkey that will open the file system/url with the path saved in my clipboard?
I mean if I have c:\victor\longpath\something\something in my clipboard, I ...
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gnu screen - Copying text between windows
Is it possible to paste text copied in a paste buffer to a different window with some keybinding, without having to leave the current window? I.e., instead of going to the window and doing a Ctr-a + ...
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Data not valid when copy-pasting the code from website
I copied an IFSC code from a website. After that, I pasted it on the ICICI bank's website into the IFSC input.
It shows that the code is not valid, but when I type in the same code manually, it will ...
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Command-line client for gpm daemon?
I want to put output of some command in the gpm "clipboard", like:
echo "hello" | some-fancy-gpm-client
to be able to then "right-click" and paste it to terminal.
Is there some program for that? ...
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How to copy-paste absolute cell references temporarely as relative references in Excel?
In Excel (2007), when cells that contain absolute references (for example: $A$3) are copied, the absolute reference remains the same. This is by design, and the reason of using absolute references.
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How can I restore copy/paste functionality for my remote desktop connection?
My question has been asked on superuser before, but the accepted answer did not work for me.
Sometimes when using remote desktop on my Windows 7 computer, the copy-paste functionality between the ...
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Replacement firefox plug-in for Copy as Plain Text
Using Firefox plug-ins I had a plug-in called Copy Plain Text v0.3.3 that stopped working with newer versions of Firefox several releases ago.
Does anyone have a replacement for this that works with ...
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Copy/Pasting data from SQL Server to Excel splits up text into multiple columns?
I've got a problem pasting data from the result grid of SQL Server 2005 to an excel 2007 spreadsheet.
I have a query in SQL Server that returns 2 columns (a number column and a text column)
On one ...
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Excel freezes when copying / cutting to paste elsewhere
When cutting/copying some cells to paste them into another sheet/page, sometimes Excel freezes/locks up and fades out. At the top toolbar it says in brackets "not responding".
Eventually, I must ...
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Copy/paste and Ethernet controller not working in Vista
Note: I might have given to much information, but better to much than too little. I am Dutch, and my installation of Windows Vista 32bit is Dutch, so some program names have been translated ...
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Why does pasting into an unprotected cell in Excel protect it?
While researching the answer to this question, I stumbled across a rather odd behavior in Excel related to unprotected cells in protected worksheets.
To see what I mean, create a new workbook, ...
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How can I stop JavaScript from modifying the clipboard?
More and more I find that when I copy text from a news site, the site adds in its own advertising/footnote link to my clipboard, so that when I paste, I get "[Text I copied] FOR MORE, GO READ AT ...
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Unable to copy from Linux server to Mac client after 1.4.5 install
I installed version Synergy 1.4.5 on my Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) client, as part of a test to solve a much more complicated Synergy problem.
I now find:
* I can copy on the Mac and paste into Linux
* I can ...
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Word 2000 keyboard shortcuts changed globally. ctrl-c, ctrl-v changed to ctrl-insert, shift-insert
Somehow on my wife computer the default Microsoft keyboard shortcut scheme was changed into some "legacy scheme".
This is the 2nd time she managed to do it and the last time I was only able to resolve ...
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What software can I use to give my computer multiple copy and paste shortcuts?
I would like to have the ability to copy multiple items with different shortcuts, and have different past shortcuts, each linked to one of the copy shortcuts. For example, pressing ctrl+v would paste ...
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How do you copy+paste text from the terminal to a web browser, and vice versa?
I was just wondering if there's a simple way to do this, or whether it's completely dependent on the terminal you use. If that's the case, then is there a standard that most terminals go by?
Right ...
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Vim: Terminal-to-terminal copy&paste?
I am trying to copy a large block of code (with indentations preserved) from one vim terminal into another. I was wondering if there was a straightforward way to do this?
Would this be considered a ...
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How can I copy tables between word documents without having the format change?
I have two both word 2007 documents, A and B.
I want to copy a table from A to B, and that table's format is totally the same as I see in A, not automatically changing the format to B's template ...
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How to tell app to convert files per subdirectory?
I have a question similar to this one : Copy directory structure without copying files, on Mac OS X
Assuming a similarly annoying directory structure (A/B/C/file.end), i want to feed that into a ...
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Pasting HTML table into Excel 2007 without modifying the format of each cell
I have a table in HTML having cells storing numbers like 123.0,123.00. When I use ctrl-A to copy the whole page into excel, 123.0 and 123.00 are all changed to 123, which is not something I want to ...
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Debian based OS: Show system notification on clipboard copy/paste events
When working with Linux (Debian based), I often experience problems in relation to the copy paste commands: I copy something with Ctrl+C or by selecting it with the mouse, but when I try to paste it ...
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Copying Chinese Characters from PDF
I am on a Windows 7 laptop, which I believe comes preinstalled with all the language packs. I can see Chinese characters with no issues and normally can copy them fine. (From browser to Microsoft ...
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Copy paste an image from pdf file while maintaining transparency [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to maintain image transparency when copying from the browser
I have a pdf document and when I try to copy-paste an image from it with the Selection Tool, the ...
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copy between word and outlook does not work
Office 2007 plus installed on machine. Copy link appears in both word and outlook. You can copy text then past it, it just does not paste anything. The past works in Notepad or Excel so it is in the ...
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Cut/Copy/Paste function vanishes
Okay, this is now a multiple-repeat problem. All functionality of copy/cut - paste is essentially gone. It will hit-and-miss with a proper copy-paste, but not normally.
I'm trying this through both ...
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copy and paste plain (unformatted) text [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I cut-and-paste an email, so that paste will be in pure text (stripping all html)
Recommendations for utility to paste plain text?
one of my pet peeves is ...
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copy and paste tabs between terminal windows in X11
When I copy and paste text using the X11 mouse selection between two terminal windows, tabs are often, but not always, converted to spaces. This appears to depend on the involved terminal ...
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Avoiding newlines when copying wrapped text in Terminal.app
I have text files with lines that of length greater than my terminal width. I generally use less to view these files and often want to copy something that wraps from one line to the next.
I've found ...
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How can I prevent or interrupt accidental copy/paste in the terminal?
When I paste into the terminal, sometimes what is in the clipboard is not what I expected. Specifically, it is sometimes pages and pages of text from a website.
When this happens, the terminal goes ...
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How to copy & paste from a cell in Libre Office Calc
I have an Excel format spreadsheet that was sent to me by a colleague. It's a list of test usernames for an app we're building.
When I try to copy one of the usernames or passwords from the cell in ...
