
So now while have this utility running you can copy any text and use the keyboard shortcut to paste it inside your Command Prompt.ĭownload AutoHotkey here, download enable Paste in Command Prompt Script here. If you aren’t sure what to do with the above code you can download this script and run the script, assume you have AutoHotkey already installed on your machine. #IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass So I found a solution that let’s you enable keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V to paste inside Windows Command Prompt.Ĭredit goes to How-to-geek, what you need to do is first download this nifty utility called AutoHotkey then you need to copy and paste the following script into the program. Lately this limitation becomes increasingly irritating, when I’m working on a application with Ruby on Rails that requires a lot command line actions. Until then, we can integrate the Windows Terminal into our lives in a few obvious ways.

I don’t know why Microsoft choose not to enable this function. Hence you can’t copy and paste any text inside command prompt. copy is Ctrl+C) that you normally use in other application is prohibit in Windows command prompt.

it is really great pain relief as I don’t need to change between my devconsoles throughout the day as I work on multiple projects. Then enter the following command: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux. Kayla, I really like the terminal‘s ability to start multiple tabs/panes with different locations via command line.

If you have used command prompt (Start > cmd) in Windows, you will know that any keyboard shortcut (ex. After installing the WSL version of Linux, you also need to enable WSL permissions: Open another PowerShell window with 'Run as Administrator'.
