How do I paste into the Windows CMD prompt by using only the keyboard?

My current technique is to right-click in the command prompt and then click paste. This bugs me - is there a better way?

5 Answers

Its not amazingly user friendly, but you can paste with ALT+Space, e, p.

From here.

This was solved on Server Fault:

I personally use a little AutoHotkey script to remap certain keyboard functions, for the console window (CMD) I use:>

; Redefine only when the active window is a console window
#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass>
; Close Command Window with Ctrl+w
$^w::
WinGetTitle sTitle
If (InStr(sTitle, "-")=0) { Send EXIT{Enter}
} else { Send ^w
}
return
; Ctrl+up / Down to scroll command window back and forward
^Up::
Send {WheelUp}
return
^Down::
Send {WheelDown}
return
; Paste in command window
^V::
; Spanish menu (Editar->Pegar, I suppose English version is the same, Edit->Paste)
Send !{Space}ep
return
#IfWinActive 

alt+space+E+P should do it

Control and V, like the rest of the OS :P

#IfWinActive, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^v:: Send !{Space}ep
#IfWinActive

(Yep, that's just automating the previous answers, but automating them it is. Autohotkey! :))

On Windows 10, you can enable Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to work in the command prompt: