ICE takes its own approach to expanding the Windows clipboard - while still using the Windows folder and file structures.
In the program window you will therefore find the familiar folder and file structure, which corresponds to that of Windows Explorer and can also be used in the same way.
This means you can access and continue to use these objects with a file browser at any time, even without using the ICE application (exception: objects stored in encrypted form in ICE).

Imagine having a Windows Explorer where you can not only view the file contents but also edit them directly in Explorer.
Imagine further that this Windows Explorer can even automatically save any object copied to the clipboard (in standard file formats TXT, RTF, Image File and HTML formats) into predefined folders and can paste the object contents into any matching application with just a click of the mouse.
Then you install ICE - Ideal Clipboard Expander and discover that ICE can do exactly this - and much more!

• For example, you can include your "My Documents" folder and/or your pictures folder as one of the three archives available in ICE and thus access all of your saved files in ICE.
  But you can also specify any other folder (even empty ones) as an archive in ICE to store the files you want to manage in it.

• You can also use all objects (files) created or managed by ICE directly in your work environment without using ICE.

• In ICE various editors and viewers are integrated, which allow the contents of the selected objects to be displayed and edited directly in the ICE.

• You can assign freely definable so-called “tags” (keywords) to each object in the ICE, search specifically for these tags using the “folder and object search” function and have the objects found clearly displayed in a list.

• With the practical "Folder and Object Search" function, you can search for different file types, as well as for modification, access and creation dates, in addition to the regular folder and object name search.
  You can even use the "Search for Folders and Objects" function to search the archives for TXT and RTF objects with any text fragments in their content.

• You can even assign any objects a reminder alarm with a date/time (Object reminder optionally once or with possible repetitions: Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Annual).
  Then these objects will be displayed at the set time (and, if desired, with a selectable sound as WAV- or MP3-Sound).

• Text and RTF object contents can also be sent as a mail body (mail text) with a mouse click in the mail program you have installed.
  When using MS Outlook, objects can even be sent as an email attachment with a mouse click.

• If you copy any items to the clipboard in your Windows system, ICE can be configured to automatically add these items as objects to the desired ICE archive.

• You can insert the contents of these objects in the ICE archives into appropriate applications at any time with a click of the mouse.

• The practical object encryption for text, RTF, image, HTML and PDF objects protects any objects from unauthorized access.

• Even extensive screenshot functions ("Free clipping", "Active window", "Screen no. 1-3") are completely integrated into ICE and can be executed using a definable hotkey.
  These screenshots are automatically imported into the opened ICE archive, but can also be automatically forwarded to any external application.

• You don't even have to do without music. ICE has a simple media player that lets you play your favorite music while ICE is open. You can simply set a directory with your music as a "music archive folder" and then you can comfortably listen to music or use a randomly selected track from this folder as a reminder alarm for object reminders.

Many other extras round off the functionality of ICE - Ideal Clipboard Expander.

Because ICE integrates seamlessly into your Windows environment, you can use ICE for virtually any task.
You'll find that ICE will do a lot of the work for you and will display your personal information in a much clearer, more editable way than any other program you've ever seen.
For this purpose, ICE is extremely freely configurable so that you can always adapt ICE specifically to your tasks.

With the help of the included comprehensive manual for the ICE - Ideal Clipoboard Expander in PDF format, as well as the help archive integrated into the ICE, you can familiarize yourself with the many functions of ICE.

ICE works with the default settings "out of the box" without you having to delve into the manual.
But only once you have familiarized yourself with ICE's numerous setting options can ICE unfold its full potential.
Because then you can adjust ICE exactly to your requirements and use it even more efficiently.
So it is worth reading the manual or the help archive...

On a personal note:
We are always open to your requests for additional functions in ICE.
If you are missing a function or have other suggestions for improving or expanding ICE, just write a mail to us and tell us what you want.
Because ICE should not only become more functional over time, but also support your work on the PC as best as possible

In ICE, you can also manage:

and organize them as ICE objects in appropriate folders, find them easily at any time in the ICE using the integrated extensive folder/object/text search and open/execute them in the application assigned to the respective file type, without having to constantly walk through endless directories in Windows Explorer and having to click through it's tree structures.

But you can also use ICE for completely different tasks than archiving clipboard content.

Since you can easily "use" ICE's archives, folders and objects for other purposes, there are almost no limits to your ideas for using them.
In the ICE folders you can create, for example, to-do lists, notes, address lists, web favorites lists, email (with mailto links) lists.

It is also possible to create a directory favorites list whose objects (path links) you can open with one click in the file browser of your choice.

It's up to you whether you want to use ICE to create a cookbook with recipes and pictures, manage your collection of any items (Walt Disney paperbacks, model cars, minerals, etc.) or use ICE for other purposes.

Do you want to organize your photo collection or other objects? No problem. Simply import your image folders into ICE or set a archiv path to your "My images" folder. Because ICE offers you a keyword function for each object in its object properties. This allows you to enter/assign any tags (keywords) to any object and search specifically for these tags using the “folder and object search”. All objects with the tags you are looking for are then clearly displayed in a search results list.

Do you need an archive for your documents scanned as images or PDFs? Simply create a folder structure for this in an ICE archive and import all your documents into ICE. You don't need anything more.
Because ICE is also designed as an "alarm clock" to display any objects at a specified date/time. For example, you only need to create a note in the ICE as a text object and you can have it displayed in the ICE at any time.

Or, for example, you scan an invoice as an image/PDF and create a display time for this object. The object will be displayed in the ICE punctually at the set time.

ICE can also be used as a media player for your favorite music. In addition to the MP3, WAV and FLAC formats already entered, you can add other audio formats (see chapter: "Object types").

With ICE you can even bypass the Windows start menu by importing the individual start menu shortcuts you need. You can also import the entire desktop directory as a folder into an ICE archive.

If you wish, you can even do all of this at the same time in one archive!

In a network, you can access and share any object on all computers on which ICE - Ideal Clipboard Expander is installed and the archive in question is open.
A server application is not even required for this - the ICE application installed on the individual clients is completely sufficient.