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Where has the Clipboard Viewer disappeared to in Windows XP?

Microsoft has changed the way you find Clipboard Viewer in XP. We show you how to find it and put it on the Start menu so that it's visible to you all the time

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If you use Clipboard Viewer a lot, put an icon on your Start menu

The Clipboard Viewer does exist in Windows XP but you cannot access it the way you could in all previous versions of Windows. If you use Clipboard Viewer from time to time, you can put an icon for Clipboard Viewer on your Start menu, or you could create a shortcut for it on your Desktop. Click on Start and then click on My Computer. Double-click on Local Disk (C:), then the Windows Folder and the System32 Folder. Scroll through to a file called Clipbrd.exe. Drag and drop the Clipbrd.exe file onto your Start menu.
Peter Drake

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