To use it to copy the text from control boxes, directly trees, and list views, left click on the question mark icon at the top left and drag the mouse cursor to the content area or window that you want it to read the data from.
GetWindowText is a small, free, and portable tool by SoftwareOK, the same developer of the popular Q-Dir file manager. For that, you will need to use one of the other tools below. If the window message is custom and created by third party software, this method won’t work.
This is very useful but unfortunately only works on dialog boxes created by Windows. You will get not just the text content but also the window’s title and the name of any buttons. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. Press Ctrl+C, open Notepad, and then press Ctrl+V to produce the following: Now the data is in the clipboard, paste the contents into notepad or a webpage, etc.įor example, if you type raymondcc.exe into the Run dialog box (Win key+R), Windows will show a not found error: When the box appears, simply make sure it’s the active window and press the standard Windows copy shortcut combination of Ctrl+C. There is actually an easy way you can copy text from Windows dialog boxes. However, there are ways for you to do it and copying information from Windows message boxes and third party software dialogs can be made easier. They also don’t usually allow highlighting the text so it can be copied. Windows error dialog boxes and general information windows don’t have a nice and easy button for you to copy all the error messages. Of course, taking a screenshot can be used to send an error message to someone else, but this isn’t always that helpful because they might have to re-type the message data in at the other end, and it also won’t help if you want to search the internet. It’s often better to also enter an exact error code or phrase into a search engine such as Google to get more precise results for the problem. Others could be long and a pain to repeat accurately with combinations of numbers, letters, and special characters. Some error messages are quite short and not difficult to type in. If you are having problems with Windows or a piece of third party software, something you might be asked to do is supply the information in any errors or messages that are being displayed to help with troubleshooting.
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