Maybe both camps should merge and we can call it RiX

The NTReskit util is called CLIP and is used like this...

Clip version 1.1. Copyright 1997 Microsoft Corporation.

Command-line output redirector.
Clip.exe redirects command-line output to the Windows Clipboard.

Examples:
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dir | clip
Places a copy of the current directory listing into the Windows clipboard.

clip < readme.txt
Places a copy of the text from readme.txt into the Windows clipboard.


as for COM calls to retreive the info... Let me get back to you.

Shawn, great UDF.

cj