Clip.exe Not Compatible with Notepad
Article ID: 172596
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-344-7
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Kit ISBN 1-57231-343-9
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement One ISBN 1-57231-559-8
- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement Two ISBN 1-57231-626-8
This article was previously published under Q172596
SYMPTOMS
If you save text to the Clipboard using Clip.exe, and then attempt to
paste the text into Notepad, the text will not appear.
CAUSE
This behavior is due to a known error in Notepad. You cannot use
Clip.exe to paste text into Notepad. This is noted in the Rktools.hlp file
that was released with the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit,
Supplement Two.
This error is not known to occur in any other simple text editors. If you
experience this error with another text editor, please send e-mail to
RKINPUT@MICROSOFT.COM.
STATUS
Microsoft Press has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed
at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will
post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available
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