GetClipboardOwner

[Joe Caverly]

It used to be that only Microsoft Excel would sometimes lock the clipboard,
but now it seems to be other mis-behaved applications.

This code shows me the name of the application that is currently the clipboard owner;

:: @hwndpid is from the WindowInfo plugin
::   https://charlesdye.net/dl/windowinfo.zip
::
set hwnd=%@winapi[user32.dll,GetClipboardOwner]
set pid=%@hwndpid[%hwnd]
tasklist | ffind /kvmt"%pid"

Ref: How ownership of the Windows clipboard is tracked in Win32

Joe

 

[Joe Caverly]

Yes, I could have used the @PIDCOMMAND function instead of TASKLIST.

echo %@pidcommand[%pid]

Joe

 

[Charles Dye]

If you like TASKLIST's format, you can also:

tasklist /nf =%pid

 

[Joe Caverly]

Indeed.

Thankyou Charles.