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I'm trying to hold down CTRL while C is pressed but I can't get it work. I've read SendKeys Class but still, it doesn't work.

Thats what I've tried:

SendKeys.SendWait("^C");
SendKeys.SendWait("{^C}");
SendKeys.SendWait("^{C}");
SendKeys.SendWait("^(C)");
SendKeys.SendWait("(^{C})");
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You need to put in parenthesis. Example: 

SendKeys.SendWait("^(c)");

Notice that c should be lowercase. It is case sensitive

Isma
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Jonas W
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use + instead of ^ for shift and put in parenthesis. (^ for control and + for shift; in your question you said shift). And remember c must be in lowercase.

SendKeys.SendWait("+(c)");
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You should use a lower case 'c'.

This should work just fine: SendKeys.SendWait("^c");

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  • How is this different from [the top-voted answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/34786914/3025856)? I get that you're not using the inner parenthesis, but in terms of functional differences, isn't your suggestion identical? – Jeremy Caney Dec 27 '21 at 00:28
  • You are right, but in my experience my answer is slightly more clear and to the point. However, it is a bit of a duplicate answer. Should I delete mine? – Silas Dec 27 '21 at 08:04
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If you're trying to do SHIFT while pressing C, you're using the wrong codes. ^ is CTRL. Shift is +.

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