Command Line Options

The following command line options are available in Ditto. The path to Ditto.exe must be the same instance that is running.

1. Ditto.exe /Disconnect
   - Disconnects Ditto from the clipboard, Ditto will not save any clipboard changes to its database when it's disconnected.

2. Ditto.exe /Connect
   - Reconnects Ditto to the clipboard.

3. Ditto.exe /Open
   - Opens Ditto's window

4. Ditto.exe /Close
   - Closes Ditto's window

5. Ditto.exe /PlainTextPaste
   - Pastes current clipboard data as plain text
   - (as of version 3.21.238.0)

6. Ditto.exe /Edit:(clip id)
   - Opens the clip editor for a clip by the id, clip id can be found in the window title of the clip properties
   - You can also post a message to Ditto window ::PostMessage(hWnd, 1258, (clip id), 0)
   - (as of version 3.24.180.0)

7. Ditto.exe /Paste:(clip id)
   - Pastes the clip by the id, clip id can be found in the window title of the clip properties
   - You can also post a message to Ditto window ::PostMessage(hWnd, 1257, (clip id), 0)
   - (as of version 3.24.180.0)

8. Ditto.exe /Exit (added in version 3.24.229 1-20-2022)
   - Closes Ditto's window