Is there a way to make Putty use the standard copy/paste keys

Solution 1:

The author of PuTTY, Simon Tatham, addressed this to some extent in more recent versions. Certainly in Version 0.71 you can configure Ctrl+Shift+C/V to behave as Ctrl+C/V, which is much closer than the Ctrl/Shift+Ins that was originally available.

Solution 2:

Nope, no way!

Take a look at Using PuTTY:

PuTTY's copy and paste works entirely with the mouse. In order to copy text to the clipboard, you just click the left mouse button in the terminal window, and drag to select text. When you let go of the button, the text is automatically copied to the clipboard. You do not need to press Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins; in fact, if you do press Ctrl-C, PuTTY will send a Ctrl-C character down your session to the server where it will probably cause a process to be interrupted.

Solution 3:

You can install AutoHotkey and then use this code in your ahk-script:

#IfWinActive, ahk_class PuTTY
^v::
MouseClick, right
Send, {DOWN}{ENTER}
Return
#IfWinActive

The right mouse button will be pressed, but because you pressed Ctrl+V, it is handled as Ctrl+MouseRight, which will bring up the context menu. Pressing down arrow will navigate to the "Paste" option; enter will execute paste.