Yeah, you could do ~that~. But THAT is what a clipboard extender
does …and does automatically for you !

The Windows clipboard is arguably the single most ingenious and
valuable OS tool (as opposed to interface element) of all time.
Clipboard extenders simply MULTIPLY THE BENEFIT.

Yes, for ~some~ people they’re “useless”. Not everything is for
everybody. But that’s the way geeks are: If it don’t help ME, then
nobody ought use it !

For those of us doing the type of thing where re-use of text is a
frequent issue, the clipboard remembering multiple snippets can only
be described as INVALUABLE.

The only remaining issue being retrieval. How easily accessible
are the contents of your extended clipboard ? This where the great
clipboard extenders are separated from second and third best. And
why I use ClipX.

Virtual desktops being a different matter. If one desktop is good,
three desktops aren’t necessarily three times better.

Depends how you work. I rarely maximize any application window.
Hence, I can see (and click on) the window immediately behind without
leaving the mouse (actually, trackball) to alt-tab window switch.
I also run “Send to Back”, an old orphanware utility for easily moving
the topmost window behind all other windows. Then I have True Launch
Bar…

http://www.truelaunchbar.com/

…enhancing Vista’s Quick Launch to access programs via the taskbar
without clearing the desktop.

Yet I also have True Launch Bar’s virtual desktop utility providing
three additional desktops should they be needed. Which is very rarely.

The DataRat

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It is self-ironic as well. :) As you see from comments there are reasons and people for any kind of software.

On copying files all seem to agree that there was that specific case when… I guess it’s of more use as specialized software than daily.

Thanks for suggestion, will check it out! :)

Ouch, it will take good chunk of time to dig through all of software titles mentioned in these comments. The best part is I don’t know most – which makes it much more valuable experience.

Virutal Desktops: Thank you! I thought maybe I was alone in thinking they were useless. I have yet to find a situation where one would be useful to me.

Clipboard enhancers: This is something I’ve always used so I disagree there. I use the one that’s part of TrueLaunchBar and find it very useful. If you haven’t checked out TLB you should do so. It’s always part of my fresh installs and is totally unobtrusive.

Two out of the three categories mentioned in the opening post:
-Virtual desktop managers – VirtuaWin:3MB RAM
-Clipboard enhancers – ClipX 420KB
-Total amount of memory in my PC: 4GIGS
I only mention this to open a new aspect of such discussions: The best way of ensuring low memory consumption and CPU usage is to keep these pieces of hardware in a drawer. But hey, why did I purchase them in the first place? :)

Of course I’m not encouraging anyone to install every piece of malware out there, but useful applications that are found best in class on fine forums like this for example is out there to use them and to make your life simpler.
By this I define “simple” not “the less applications installed the simpler” but “the less user interaction utilizing smart applications the simpler”. For me actually, not for my PC though, but this is why I’m running a dual core laptop with loads of RAM.

Try Paint.NET it’s what Paint should be. :)

I am not professional programmer (ok, sometimes I am by literal definition). I can only say that being programmer can be different. Some create apps of their dreams for a living, some land in terrible boring coding jobs.

It is curious how many of apps (especially smaller ones) are coded as hobby.

I’d rephrase – it is cool to learn programming and being able to create things you want with it. Is it profession or not for you is secondary.