Computer and Software Support


Copy error message to notepad

If you get an error message on the screen and you need to send it to technical support, the message can be time consuming to write the entire error message down. There is a way to get it into Notepad or Wordpad. To do this, do the following

  1. When the error message appears, make sure the error message box is selected
  2. Press CTRL-C to copy the message
  3. Open WordPad or Notepad
  4. Press CTRL-V to paste the text into Wordpad or Notepad
  5. Save the file