How to “copy to clipboard” in vim of Bash on Windows?

Question

I used to use \"+y to copy text to system\'s clipboard, but it doesn\'t work in vim of Bash on Windows.

Answer 1

To copy to the clipboard from within vim in Bash on Windows 10, hold Shift and drag the cursor over text. then press enter

A selection should look like this before pressing enter:

EDIT: This only works with text that fits on the screen all at once; it cannot be used to copy blocks of text that span many 'screens'