Should I worry about putting a large amount of data on the Windows Clipboard?

Question

If you try to close a Microsoft Office application when you've got a ton of its stuff on the clipboard (e.g. a whole word doc), it prompts you to ask if you would like to access that data after the application is closed.

In this day and age, does it really matter if I have say 10MB of stuff on the clipboard?

As I write my image processing app, should I follow the same rule as Office, or just forget about it and leave the data there?

Answer 1

Personally, I favor just forgetting about it and leaving it there. I've always found the MS Word approach more annoying than useful.

Answer 2

If you're storing things on the clipboard without the user requesting it then you might just annoy a few people :)

Otherwise, yeah, just leave the data there.

Answer 3

How To Erase Windows Clipboard Data and Why.

any one who has access to the computer can easily see the clipboard information.

I'd guess, malware today would also be snooping there.

_{this question might be more suitable on superuser.}