copy to clipboard with vim running in windows 10 cmd line window

Question

I have a windows 10 PC. The VIM session is run from a command prompt window. Normally when I copy and paste, I do the following steps:

1. go into edit mode by typing ":"
2. select the text with mouse drag
3. right click on mouse button
4. move cursor to a text editor, which is a different window than the VIM terminal.
5. right click and select Paste.

How do I do that the same with yank?

I know there's a trick about using clipboard "*y, but I tried it, it didn't work.

Answer 1

Use the yank command. Select the text you want to copy and type "*y