Re: transfer clipboard to andriod phone.

Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
> On 1/22/2026 12:25 AM, knuttle wrote:
>> I periodically find I will find something on my computer, that I would
>> like to use on my phone.
>> 
>> I would like to highlight the information and transfer it to my
>> cellphone, so I could use as a note (I have the NotePad program on the
>> phone), or copy it to place in a text message.
> 
> If you already use WhatsApp on both devices, just open a chat
> with yourself. Everything you enter in one devices is also available
> on the other device.

Hi Herbert,

Using only FOSS tools, my Windows and Android clipboard are one and the 
same where control+v dumps one clipboard & mouse-right-click dumps another.

In fact, you helped me a lot to improve the flow where over Wi-Fi or USB, 
the clipboard is one-click perfectly seamless between Windows & Android.

Hence, I thank you for helping me when you helped me with the code below, 
where even without your neat trick to hide the console, the solution is so 
wonderful that I'm surprised at all the convoluted methods being proposed.

THANK YOU for helping me hide the console in this simple script below.
 @echo off
 REM
 REM  Download screencopy onto your PC <https://scrcpy.org/>
 REM  Set Android "Developer Options" "USB debugging = On"
 REM  Then plug the Android phone into the USB port of Windows
 REM  Then run "scrcpy -s SERIALNUMBER" on the Win/Mac/Linux PC
 REM  This will mirror Android onto your Win/Mac/Linux PC
 REM  But scrcpy leaves an annoying console behind, by default
 REM  The entire point of this script is to run that one command
 REM  But WITHOUT leaving an empty console behind on Windows.
 REM
 REM C:\app\editor\android\scrcpy\showwin.bat
 REM adb mdns services
 REM List of discovered mdns services
 REM netstat -ano -p tcp | findstr "192.168.1.10"
 REM TCP    192.168.1.27:15919     192.168.1.10:41913     ESTABLISHED     7904
 REM 
 cd /d "c:\app\editor\android\scrcpy"
 REM embedded certificate block is an executable encoded within the batch file!
 REM Extract embedded executable from script using certutil decode
 REM Reads the batch file itself (%~f0) as encoded source content
 REM Decodes certificate block at the bottom and writes showwin.exe
 REM -f forces overwrite if showwin.exe already exists
 REM Output is suppressed using >nul to keep console clean
 REM showwin.exe is used to hide the console window temporarily
 REM The batch file launches scrcpy to mirror your phone.
 REM Normally, this leaves a blank console window hanging open.
 REM The command showwin.exe 0 is run right after launching scrcpy.
 REM This executable finds the console window and hides it from view.
 REM When you're done and close scrcpy, the script runs showwin.exe 5
 REM which makes the console visible again briefly to clean up.
 REM Showwin searches for the window with the class "ConsoleWindowClass" 
 REM (that's how Windows identifies command windows).
 REM Uses a system call (like ShowWindow() in Win32 API) to make it invisible.
 REM It doesn't actually kill or close the window.
 REM It just makes it vanish visually while scrcpy runs
 REM So you’re left with a clean screen showing only your mirrored phone.
 certutil -f -decode %~f0 showwin.exe>nul
 REM Port 5555 was needed when you established adb connections over USB
 REM And then you disconnected the USB cable to subsequently work on Wi-Fi
 REM But as of Android 11 or 12, you can establish the connection over Wi-Fi
 REM But that "Developer option" "Wireless debugging" port is assigned by Android!
 REM So you have to get it on Android or on Windows to know what it is 
 REM adb connect 192.168.1.10:5555
 REM You can get the current port from the following command
 REM c:\> netstat -ano -p tcp | findstr "192.168.1.10"
 REM
 REM maybe we do NOT need this command after all???
 REM adb connect 192.168.1.10:41913
 REM
 :: now we hide console window
 showwin.exe 0
 REM
 REM scrcpy --always-on-top --tcpip=192.168.1.10:5555
 REM Maybe we can then remove the IP:PORT after all???
 REM scrcpy --always-on-top --tcpip=192.168.1.10:41913
 REM We don't really need --always-on-top after all???
 REM scrcpy --always-on-top 
 REM scrcpy 
 REM scrcpy -s adb-RFCR50V7YVY-kFSyj8._adb-tls-connect._tcp.
 REM scrcpy -s 192.168.1.21
 REM Enter your Android serial number below
 scrcpy -s GFCR56AMEBA
 REM
 :: after scrcpy is closed we show console window again
 showwin.exe 5
 REM
 del showwin.exe
 goto :eof
 REM
 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 TVpgAQEAAAAEAAAA//8AAGABAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAA4fug4AtAnNIbgBTM0hTmljZSB0byBtZWV0IHNvbWVi
 b2R5IHdobyBpcyBzdGlsbCB1c2luZyBET1MsDQpidXQgdGhpcyBwcm9ncmFtIHJl
 cXVpcmVzIFdpbjMyLg0KJFBFAABMAQEAUHmlNgAAAAAAAAAA4AAPAQsBBQwAAgAA
 AAAAAAAAAADIEAAAABAAAAAgAAAAAEAAABAAAAACAAAFAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAA
 ACAAAAACAAAAAAAAAwAAAAAAEAAAEAAAAAAQAAAQAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 GBAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAYAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALnRleHQAAAAmAQAAABAAAAACAAAAAgAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABoEAAAAAAAAJQQAACmEAAA
 uhAAAAAAAABgEAAAAAAAAAAAAABUEAAAABAAAIQQAAAAAAAAAAAAAHYQAAAIEAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABVU0VSMzIuZGxsAABoEAAAAAAAAAAAU2hvd1dp
 bmRvdwAAS0VSTkVMMzIuZGxsAACUEAAAphAAALoQAAAAAAAAAABHZXRDb21tYW5k
 TGluZUEAAABHZXRDb25zb2xlV2luZG93AAAAAEV4aXRQcm9jZXNzAP8VCBBAADHS
 SECAOAB0EYA4InUC99IJ0nXvgDggdepAMfa9BQAAAA+2EEAI0nQTgOowcvOA+gl3
 7mv2CgHWMe3r5QntdAKJ7v8VDBBAAFZQ/xUAEEAAagD/FRAQQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
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