Clearing the clipboard using VBScript

Question

How can the clipboard be cleared using VBScript on Win32?

Answer 1

It can not be done directly, but you can let an application do the work. This will clear the clipboard, using the command-line tool clip:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd.exe /c echo. >NUL  | clip", 0, True

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Another way is to use applications that have a COM interface and that can manipulate the clipboard. E.g. Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer.

This will work, using Internet Explorer, but it may throw a user dialog:

Set slaveApplication = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
slaveApplication.Navigate("about:blank")
slaveApplication.document.parentwindow.clipboardData.SetData "text", ""
slaveApplication.Quit