How to Clear Windows XP Clipboard

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open the Windows XP start menu by clicking the Start button or by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard (if applicable).

   If you are using Boot Camp on a Mac along with a Macintosh keyboard, the equivalent of the Windows key would be the Command key.
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   Step 2: Open the Run command window by clicking "Run..." on the start menu.

   Of course, you can skip both steps 1 and 2 by simply pressing the Windows key + R. , This is the Windows Clipboard Viewer, which might be called the "ClipBook Viewer" or "Clipbrd" on your machine.
   
   Click "OK" or hit Enter on your keyboard when finished. , If you have nothing on your clipboard, this image will be greyed out and inaccessible. , Whatever is on the clipboard will be deleted permanently.
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   Step 3: In the command window

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   Step 4: type in "clipboard" (Clipbrd or Clipbrd.exe in Windows XP Service pack 3).

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   Step 5: Near the top of the Clipboard Viewer will be a graphical toolbar

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   Step 6: and one of the icons will be a black X.

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   Step 7: If you are ready to delete whatever was on the clipboard

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   Step 8: click "Yes".If it is not greyed out

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   Step 9: click the X button.

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