Copying & pasting error dialogues. Win7

Often the copy & paste will not work for the text in error messages.
Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter

On 10/1/2011 8:15 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter
Printscreen and a photo app that accepts printscreen output?
(Usually paste as new image)
Naturally, you end up typing anyway, unless you have a scanner utility
that can read the image and extract the text.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:28:02 -0400, charlie <> wrote:

>On 10/1/2011 8:15 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
>> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter
>Printscreen and a photo app that accepts printscreen output?
>(Usually paste as new image)
>Naturally, you end up typing anyway, unless you have a scanner utility
>that can read the image and extract the text.

I do have the Windows "Snipping tool" so I'll use that.

On 10/1/2011 9:08 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:28:02 -0400, charlie<> wrote:
>
>> On 10/1/2011 8:15 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>>> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
>>> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter
>> Printscreen and a photo app that accepts printscreen output?
>> (Usually paste as new image)
>> Naturally, you end up typing anyway, unless you have a scanner utility
>> that can read the image and extract the text.
>
> I do have the Windows "Snipping tool" so I'll use that.

it is truly lame that windows system error messages can not be blocked
and copied, but a better way to capture the information that
alt-printscreen or the snipping tool would be to click the start menu,
point to 'computer', right click, and then click 'manage'. this will
open a window titled 'computer management' where you will find the
'event viewer' where errors are logged. the event view does allow on to
block and copy the messages. good luck.

On 02/10/2011 01:15, Peter Jason wrote:
> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter

Sometimes just clicking away from an error message will close it. To
get round this problem I now use a digital camera to take a photo of the
screen when an error message appears. That way the message is
immediately stored. If necessary you can download the *.jpg from the
camera to the PC and either display and retype it or just used the saved
file for reference.

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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:58:43 +0100, Jeff Layman
<> wrote:

>On 02/10/2011 01:15, Peter Jason wrote:
>> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
>> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter
>
>Sometimes just clicking away from an error message will close it. To
>get round this problem I now use a digital camera to take a photo of the
>screen when an error message appears. That way the message is
>immediately stored. If necessary you can download the *.jpg from the
>camera to the PC and either display and retype it or just used the saved
>file for reference.

As an alternative, Print Screen is also your friend.

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Char Jackson

Sometimes it's because "how you do it", for instance you open an Office
application to paste into. Office fires off its own clipboard, and what
you copied is no longer available. Try pasting into Notepad instead.

On 10/1/2011 7:15 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter

I also echo the same to the post that Bob I posted here. Use Notepad to do the
copy\paste function all and every time

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> Often the copy & paste will not work for the text in error messages.
> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter

On 10/1/2011 5:15 PM PT, Peter Jason typed:

> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter

How about taking screen shots?
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:40:26 -0700, Ant <> wrote:

>On 10/1/2011 5:15 PM PT, Peter Jason typed:
>
>> Often the copy& paste will not work for the text in error messages.
>> Is there a way to avoid typing them out? Peter
>
>How about taking screen shots?

I mentioned that a few hours before your post. Get familiar with Print
Screen and Alt-Print Screen. Print Screen grabs the whole screen,
while Alt-Print Screen grabs the active window.

Others in this thread have recommended pasting into Notepad rather
than an Office application, but I always use Word 2003 and have never
had a problem.

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