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Tester

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Jun 21, 2007, 2:58:57 PM6/21/07
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Hello there,
Has anyone experienced copy and paste not working in XP Pro, I must
reboot to get it back? A plain copy/paste in a notepad does not work.
What could be the cause? I am using office 2000. Thanks a lot, T

Pegasus

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Jun 21, 2007, 5:39:38 PM6/21/07
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"Tester" <cali...@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1182452337.4...@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

I have a vague recollection that some virus will break the
copy functionality. How is your virus protection? Up-to-date?
Have you scanned your PC recently?


Plato

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Jun 21, 2007, 7:41:04 PM6/21/07
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Sometimes that even happens to me using a win9x PC. Seems I have to use
Ctl-V to paste once and then the copy paste works ok after that.

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Tester

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Jun 22, 2007, 9:19:35 AM6/22/07
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Hi there,
Thanks a lot. Anti virus is up todate and I have no spyware. It works
now after rebooting, I will try Ctrl V next time.

Ramesh, MS-MVP

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Jun 22, 2007, 11:55:56 PM6/22/07
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This has to do with some application having a lock over the Windows Clipboard. David Candy's application should determine the Process that's causing the problem.

Download GetOpenClipboardWindow.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/GetOpenClipboardWindow.zip

Unzip and run the tool. Post back what it reports. For best results, run this utility during the time you encounter the Copy<=>Paste problem.

See also:

Clipboard not working:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Clipboard_not_working

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


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navyjax2

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Feb 24, 2009, 7:03:04 PM2/24/09
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Had this issue, myself - did as a poster said in Copy and paste not
working (couldn't post there because it was in their older forum) - I
exited out of a couple of Terminal Services windows I was in and could
copy/paste again. Don't know if this might apply to someone else reading
this thread in the future.

-Tom


fourmilesaday

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Jan 27, 2011, 11:33:15 AM1/27/11
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I used GetOpenClipboardWindow.exe to find out it was mstsc application.
I fixed it by starting mstsc, from Options screen, select Local
Resources tab, uncheck Clipboard check box, then log into my remote
machine. This fixed my copy and paste not working problem.

Henry

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