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One of the common situation that Windows-based computer user usually faces in their daily computing life is having error message box popped-out that they have to copy the error message manually word per word to search for the solution through Google or by asking in computer-troubleshooting forum.

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How to copy the text from the error message box easily and make the troubleshooting process easier?

Answer: The full content of the error message can be copied into the clipboard. Hit Ctrl+C (shortcut for ‘copy’), open your text editor (like notepad) and paste it out (Ctrl+V): (Example of the result is shown below):

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bloganything
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Windows cannot find ‘bloganything’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
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OK
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Copy the important/main single line of the error message to Google search engine now, press enter, and hopefully, you will find the solution within 10 seconds. :D


Posted by Fuad on Friday, February 1st, 2008

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