How to Copy and Paste Text Character In the Command Prompt Windows All Versions.

Guide to Copy Paste From MS-DOS. This guide applies to every version of Windows PC, so I made this guide general. For ordinary people, the technique of copy and paste text and characters in the command prompt window will be difficult. Because it can't be copied directly then paste it on the clipboard. Command prompt window or commonly called MS-DOS window also has copy paste features like in other Windows programs. For example, we write scripts or any commands in the command prompt window and then copy and paste it in the browser or other text editors.

There are several ways you can do to copy paste text from a command prompt or MS-DOS window to another text editor program. please note the following method.

Before copying and pasting, you must open the MS-DOS window or command prompt. how to open an MS-DOS window or command prompt?

1. Press a Windows Logo on the keyboard and R button.
2. It will run window.
3. From the current window type cmd
4. Then hit enter or press OK

Copy Text From MS-DOS window.

1. Right-click anywhere in the MS-DOS window
2. Click Mark 
3. Then, Highlight what you want to copy and then press Enter.
4. Once the text has been copied, it can be pasted anywhere. E.g browser or another text editor.

   

   copy paste text in MS-DOS window

Paste Text To MS-DOS Window

1. Right-click anywhere in the MS-DOS window.
2. Then click Paste.
3. Now, the text should appear on the command prompt windows.

Copy Paste Text in the Windows 10 Command Prompt.

This guide is for Windows 10 only. You can now quickly select and paste text within the command prompt window, but first, you have to enable the keyboard shortcuts in the command prompt window. How to enable the keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10?

1. We assume the command prompt window is open.
2. Then, Right-click on the command prompt's title bar and choose Properties.

   

   Copy Paste Text in the Windows 10 Command Prompt.

3. Then, uncheck the box next to "Use legacy console (requires relaunch)". 

   

   Copy Paste Text in the Windows 10 Command Prompt.

4. This should automatically check the "Enable Ctrl key shortcuts" option.

   

   Copy Paste Text in the Windows 10 Command Prompt.

5. End by clicking Ok. Now you can select text  or character using your mouse or the keyboard (hold down the Shift key and use the left or right arrows to select words)
6. You can press CTRL + C to copy it, and press CTRL + V to paste it in the window.
7. Also, You can easily paste the text you've copied from another program into the MS-DOS window using the same shortcut.

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