How can we activate Ctrl+V to give Paste in Command Prompt

Most of the users who used to use Shortcuts on the keyboard to give Copy/Paste consider it irritating that they cannot use Ctrl+V yes in Command Prompt, but you must use the mouse. The problem but can be solved very simply with the help of a Free applications, namely Autohotkey.

To be able to activate CTRL+V in Command Prompt, we must create an script AutoHotkey to add to :

#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass 
^V:: 
SendInput {Raw}%clipboard% 
return 
#IfWinActive

This script sends information to console through function SendInput, and solve ETERNAL problem Ctrl+V vs ^V.

If you don't feel comfortable using Third applications to make various work shortcut-uri in Command Prompt/Windows, then you have a Alternative to Ctrl+V for Command Prompt which does not require the help of a script, but only some extra keys, pressed consecutively:

  • Tab the combination Alt+Space
  • then tatter E
  • then tatter P
alt-space

This combination of keys can relieve you of the use of the mouse To give pasta in promptly command, and once you get used to it, you will not be able to use a different combination of keys for a single application while for the rest of the Windows you will continue to use CTRL+V ...: D

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