CopyQ

Screenshots are a convenient way to share images with others, and CopyQ makes it easy to take them on Windows.It’s a free application that takes only a few minutes to download and install. The program automatically loads when you start your computer, so you don’t have to think about it or remember to launch it at any point.

Clipboard functions have been an essential part of operating systems since they were introduced in the 1980s, but they haven’t changed much over time. Copying and pasting content is still a matter of “what I copied” vs “what I’m copying now.” CopyQ adds searchability and other useful features to your clipboard history, allowing you to find what you need quickly and easily.

The program offers its own panel for clipboard management, which floats over other applications and stays out of your way until you need it. You can also install a system-wide hotkey that opens this panel with one keystroke (see the CopyQ website for instructions).

With CopyQ, you can search for text within items on your clipboard history using keywords, tags or regular expressions in order to find exactly what you are looking for. This is extremely helpful when you want to refer back to something specific—for example, if you copied

The clipboard is one of the many things that we take for granted in our daily computing life. It’s there, it’s accessible and it works, but we never think about what happens behind the scenes. I’m talking, of course, about CopyQ, a utility that makes working with your clipboard fun and easy.