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How can I increase the size of the clipboard in Windows 7?


How can I increase the size of the clipboard in Windows 7?

While copying large amounts of data, I get the following error:

Item to large for Clipboard.


Solution

  • How to increase the size of the Clipboard:

    1. Click the Start button. Type sysdm.cpl into the search box and press the Enter key.
    2. Click the Advanced tab in the System Properties window. Click the Settings button under the Performance label header.
    3. Click the Advanced tab in the Performance Options window. Under the Virtual Memory header, click the Change... button.
    4. Clear the check box next to the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives option. This disables automatic "Virtual Memory" settings in Windows.
    5. Enter a value for the size of the new paging file. Enter a value larger than the current paging file size in the "Maximum Size" field (enter the value in megabytes). Click the Set button and then OK.
    6. Restart the computer for the new "Virtual Memory" settings to take effect. The Windows Clipboard now stores more data when copying and pasting between applications.

    Reference: I need to increase the clip board size in Word

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