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lordmulder / ClearClipboard

Clear Clipboard is a simple tool that will periodically clear your clipboard.
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Registry Modifications #3

Open Robert941 opened 2 years ago

Robert941 commented 2 years ago

Why is there a discrepancy between these two?

Keys modified manually by instructions in readme: -HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cbdhsvc -HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Clipboard

Keys modified automatically by software: -HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cbdhsvc

lordmulder commented 2 years ago

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cbdhsvc is the registry key for the "Clipboard History" system service (cbdhsvc), whereas the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Clipboard stores whether the current user has enabled the "Clipboard History" option in his/her Windows settings. I believe it is best to completely disable the "cbdhsvc" system service, and that is exactly what the software does when it detects that the "cbdhsvc" service is still running in your machine! Additionally disabling the "Clipboard History" option, either via your Windows settings or directly in the registry, certainly does not hurt, but this should not be required (and actually has no effect) once the underlying "cbdhsvc" service has been eradicated...