{"id":41167,"date":"2013-01-30T17:27:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=41167"},"modified":"2013-01-30T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:27:30","slug":"how-to-copy-error-message-to-clipboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/how-to-copy-error-message-to-clipboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Copy Error Message to Clipboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h3>How to Copy Error Message to Clipboard<\/h3>\n<p>Often we face errors on our PCs which, with a quick web search on the error text, are easily resolvable. Did you know you can copy the contents of an error message (or any dialog box) to your clipboard? When you\u2019re faced with an error, press <strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong> to copy the error title and text to your clipboard.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/warning-box-copy.png\" alt=\"warning-box-copy\" width=\"392\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/warning-box-copy.png 392w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/warning-box-copy-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/vista\/copy-error-warning-dialog-box-text-clipboard-quick-tip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with the permission of Windows Guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/errortext1.jpg\" alt=\"errortext\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/errortext1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/errortext1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Often we face errors on our PCs which, with a quick web search on the error text, are easily resolvable. 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