Adding a string to the Windows clipboard without adding it to the history in PowerShell?

Question

I am using PowerShell to copy sensitive information to the Windows clipboard.

Since Windows 10 Vs. 1809 we have the enhanced clipboard with a history function. I don't want to have my sensitive information in the history.

The Set-Clipboard cmdlet doesn't have any helpful parameters. Even in C# I doesn't seem to have an easy way to do this.

Answer 1

It turns out you can access the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs directly in PowerShell:

 Function Set-ClipboardWithoutHistory([string]$Value)
 {
     [int]$RequestedOperationCopy = 1

     $null = [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.DataPackage,Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]
     $null = [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.ClipboardContentOptions,Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]
     $null = [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.Clipboard,Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]

     $dataPackage = [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.DataPackage]::new()

     $cOptions = [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.ClipboardContentOptions]::new()
     $cOptions.IsAllowedInHistory = $false
     $cOptions.IsRoamable = $false

     $dataPackage.RequestedOperation = $RequestedOperationCopy
     $dataPackage.SetText($Value)

     [Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.Clipboard]::SetContentWithOptions($dataPackage, $cOptions) | Out-Null
 }