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The thread discusses seeking a portable, freeware clipboard manager compatible with both Windows and Linux that can run from a USB flash drive. The original poster emphasizes the difficulty in finding user-recommended solutions beyond simple Google searches and expresses confusion over the actual portability of certain software, like Yankee Clipper III, which requires installation rather than just copying files. Overall, the conversation highlights challenges in identifying genuinely portable clipboard tools and clarifies the difference between software that can be simply copied versus truly portable applications.

seekermeister

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I've done a little Googling...at least enough to know that the type of software that I want is available, but at a price. Does anyone know of a good clipboard manager that can be run from a flash drive and works with a variety of Windows and Linux OSs (preferably freeware)?
 

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If you google up "clipboard manager portable app", you will get a lot of good result.
 

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Yes, that is true. However I already stated that I had Googled and did find results, but that didn't answer my question. I want a recommendation from someone with hands-on experience with a program that he can recommend, and if necessary answer some questions in it's use...like whether it would work on a regular flash drive, or if it would require a U3 flash drive? The descriptions to be found by clicking on Google links rarely, if ever gives anyone a clear understanding about any kind of software, much less something somewhat obscure like this.
 

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I just read a review of the Yankee Clipper III clipboard extender, which I have been using on my desktop for years now:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Yankee-Clipper-III/1038021556/1

Which says that it is portable and usable from a flash drive. So I attempted to install it on one of my flash drives. I was immediately blocked by the fact that the setup did not list the flash drive as a location that it could be installed on. In fact, other than my primary C: drive, the only other two options listed were two drives in my external eSATA case. I suppose that I could simply copy the setup.exe to the flash drive, but I don't see how that could work, because selecting it would still require it to be installed on whatever OS that I attached the drive to, and I'm guessing that would conflict with the installation already installed on them now.

Maybe I just don't understand exactly what the term "portable" really means, because I though it meant that the app wouldn't need to be installed at all.