Win XP question - can I set up an icon do to auto-copy to clipboard?

In the business I have I end up sending essentially the same set of emails to many different customers and potential customers. To facilitate this I have the texts of these emails saved in different .TXT files on my desktop; I double click on the file, copy the text out of notepad when it comes up, paste it into my email buffer (I use Yahoo mail, no fancy email clients), then close notepad and make customizations to the email. Is there any way to set something up so I could just double click on the icon to get the text copied automatically into the clipboard, without having to select all, copy and then close the notepad? Or is there a simple freeware app that I could run that does something similar (i.e. you select the buffer and it automatically gets copied in)? It doesn’t need to be off the desktop, but currently that’s the most convenient place.

Thanks…

You can use Microsoft’s Windows Power Toys. Click Here To Download.

The Windows 95 version has a “Send to Clipboard” option, which should do what you want (I don’t think the newest, WinXP version of Power Toys has a Send To Clipboard function). The Win 95 version should work on XP.

Running with Scissors

You’re doing things the hard way. Use Outlook Express or Outlook. You can have a draft letter stored in drafts. Whenever you want to use it, just add the email address and send.

Of course this means using a real IP. Yahoo mail doesn’t look especially professional, anyway.

Actually, with Yahoo! mail, for a small fee, you can set it up as a POP3 account. This will let you use Outlook or Outlook Express.

I think it’s only about $10 a year, but that’s just a guess.