CTRL + C = Copy... Where does it save that info to?

[WayneTeK]

This question has been bothering me for the longest time... do you guys know where that temporary text is saved to? which directory when you copy something?

 

[FoBoT]

the clipboard

read this

 

[TommyVercetti]

I am guessing it just copes it to RAM.

 

[atom]

It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

 

[WayneTeK]

Originally posted by: atom
It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

hm,m. amazing... thanks.

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom
It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

hm,m. amazing... thanks.

Seriously though, you've been on a tech board for a year and a half, how do you not know about the clip board?

 

[Eli]

It's not saved on the harddrive level. It's stored in RAM(whether it be cache or system ram).

 

[fumbduck]

the abyss

 

[WayneTeK]

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom
It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

hm,m. amazing... thanks.

Seriously though, you've been on a tech board for a year and a half, how do you not know about the clip board?

No no, i know about that.. i was just wondering where it is saved to.

 

[Mermaidman]

RAM. You can view it using Clipboard, but it's not stored in the Clipboard per se.

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom
It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

hm,m. amazing... thanks.

Seriously though, you've been on a tech board for a year and a half, how do you not know about the clip board?

No no, i know about that.. i was just wondering where it is saved to.

I see what you mean now. Yeah it's RAM.

 

[adelphi]

planet zyklon the n-th dimension

 

[StageLeft]

It's printed to the sub-layer of your monitor. That's why larger monitors allow more to be saved to the clipboard.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It's printed to the sub-layer of your monitor. That's why larger monitors allow more to be saved to the clipboard.

Howd you get to be so smart shmabbles?

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom

Originally posted by: WayneTeK

Originally posted by: atom
It's stored in the copy cache of your processor.

hm,m. amazing... thanks.

Seriously though, you've been on a tech board for a year and a half, how do you not know about the clip board?

No no, i know about that.. i was just wondering where it is saved to.

I see what you mean now. Yeah it's RAM.

I don't believe that Microsoft has specified whether it's stored in RAM or not. It's most likely stored in pageable memory so it might be swapped out to the pagefile.

Microsoft guarantees that the operating system will manage the clipboard for you if you use their interface. It's a black box, by design.

 

[nebula]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It's printed to the sub-layer of your monitor. That's why larger monitors allow more to be saved to the clipboard.

No, no. The electrons get released from the monitor when you press Ctrl-C and hover around the monitor. When you press Ctrl-V, they are attracted back to the screen. But you're right, larger monitors can store more because they have a larger electron field.