Windows – How to undo a copy command

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I use CTRL+C and CTRL+V a lot!

The issue is, on a keyboard, the C and V are beside each other. I often hit the wrong thing and end up copying new text instead of pasting what is in the clipboard.

Since I'm copying and pasting within remote desktop as well, it's a little time consuming to go back and re-copy the original text when I type CTRL+C instead of CTRL+V

Is there a way to "undo" the last copy and as such return to the previous "item" in the clipboard?

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With stock Windows there is not a way to accomplish this. What you would need to use to accomplish this would be a clipboard manager. There are a lot of them out there.

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#Persistent            ; keeps a script permanently running

    OnClipboardChange: ; is launched automatically whenever the content of the clipboard changes
time_copied :=""
time_copied :=  A_TickCount
; SoundBeep            ; Play the default pitch and duration.
SoundBeep, 750, 500    ; Play a higher pitch for half a second
If (A_EventInfo = 1)   ; the clipboard contains text or files copied
{
    If (DllCall("IsClipboardFormatAvailable", "uint", 15))  ; the clipboard contains file(s)
        ToolTip, file(s) copied
    else
        ToolTip, text copied
}
else
If (A_EventInfo = 2)   ; the clipboard contains images
    ToolTip, image(s) copied
Sleep 1000
ToolTip
return

; ctrl+v for pasting
~^v::   
    SoundBeep
    time_since_copied := (A_TickCount - time_copied)
    time_since_copied /= 1000
    ToolTip, pasted`ncopied: %time_since_copied% seconds ago
    Sleep, 1500
    ToolTip
return

For details see OnClipboardChange

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