🐍 Python 3.10+
Enable Clipboard History (Python)
Turns on Windows+V clipboard history. Applies the tweak via the stdlib winreg module.
set_enable_clipboard_history.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
set_enable_clipboard_history.py
Enable Clipboard History.
Turns on Windows+V clipboard history.
Usage:
python set_enable_clipboard_history.py
"""
import winreg
def main() -> None:
key = winreg.CreateKeyEx(
winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Microsoft\Clipboard", 0, winreg.KEY_SET_VALUE
)
winreg.SetValueEx(key, "EnableClipboardHistory", 0, winreg.REG_DWORD, 1)
winreg.CloseKey(key)
print("Enable Clipboard History applied.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()