I came across clip.exe which was a cli tool for capturing text from the command prompt into the windows clipboard.
I wanted to see if there was any other similar tool (eg to print the clipboard text into the command prompt) & then saw a similar-looking clipup.exe, which I ignorantly executed : no output.
I tried "clipup /?" and "help clipup" : no help available.
I did a web search and found that it is an unrelated tool : clipup == "Client License Platform Migration Tool".
Doubt : With no output, I am not sure if there is something going on internally to "migrate licenses". I have upgraded to windows 10 on my windows 8 laptop. Is it going to mess-up my existing license ? Can I reboot my laptop safely ? I hope it does not fail to reboot because of "license migration failed" or something like that.
In case that command did instruct windows to do something on reboot, Is there a way to cancel that ?
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Clipup.exe /? doesn't seem to do anything, but it does show help when no parameters are used.
clipup Usage:
-?/-h This help menu
-p Attempts to migrate data from the legacy Windows Phone database
-o Attempts to migrate data from Windows Genuine Authorization blob
-altto [path] Optional alternative Windows Genuine Authorization blob folder location
-d Generate a genuine ticket for the BIOS key
-k [5X5 product key] Windows 7/8/Blue product key
-pfm [package family name] Optional package family name to look for a migratable license
-l [path] Optional folder of legacy Windows Store licenses
-v Enables optional verbose logging [path] Optional alternative output location for migrated data Done.
Nothing would happen when you run that file without the above mentioned parameters. I tested it.
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