Allow error dialog to be copied to clipboard

[mwb1100]

I'm having some hard drive problems right now, and while trying to work past that some of my copies fail due to I/O errors. I'm not sure if the error dialogs are being displayed by the shell or by XY, but in case they are XY's I'd like to request that the contents of the dialogs be able to be copied to the clipboard.

An example error dialog that I copied by typing manually:

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An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this problem.

Error 0x8007045D: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.

405c7ac7b321b3... (a long string of hex digits)
Type: File
Size: 145 bytes
Date modified: 6/28/2013 3:27 PM
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For an example of what I mean to allow to copy to the clipboard, display any plain old Windows messagebox and type Ctrl-C. You'll then be able to paste the message box info into a text document. I can't think of a standard way to get a messagebox off the top of my head, but I have a non-standard command ("msgbox") which does it for me, and here's what I get when I copy/paste it:

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msgbox Title
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This is a test
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OK
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[Leito]

[RalphM]

Why wouldn't you rather use an universal solution to this problem by using some screen capture tool like PicPick?

[mwb1100]

I want the text, not a picture.

[admin]

These are not from XY. All XY boxes can be copied.

[jupe]

I want the text, not a picture.

One app I use in these situations is this,

http://rammichael.com/textify

It doesn't always work depending on the app/dialog but does come in handy occasionally.