Clipboard stopped working
I don't seem to be able to copy and paste any more. Not sure what I did to cause it.
I've tried doing it in several programs, including notepad.
Is there a quick and simple fix for this problem, that doesn't involve restarting my pc?
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I don't seem to be able to copy and paste any more. Not sure what I did to cause it.
I've tried doing it in several programs, including notepad.
Is there a quick and simple fix for this problem, that doesn't involve restarting my pc?
windows-7 clipboard
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I don't seem to be able to copy and paste any more. Not sure what I did to cause it.
I've tried doing it in several programs, including notepad.
Is there a quick and simple fix for this problem, that doesn't involve restarting my pc?
windows-7 clipboard
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I don't seem to be able to copy and paste any more. Not sure what I did to cause it.
I've tried doing it in several programs, including notepad.
Is there a quick and simple fix for this problem, that doesn't involve restarting my pc?
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Found a solution here
Run the following: cmd /c "echo off | clip"
You can even make it into a desktop shortcut if the problem keeps happening.
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
add a comment |
For me the problem was happening only when there was a RDP session open to another machine. After closing RDC, clipboard started working again.
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
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answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
None of the above solutions worked for me. This one however did:
http://sys-talk.blogspot.com/2009/04/clip-board-not-working-in-windows-xp.html
(I am pasting the urls from the browser:) )
Generally, this tool locates an app that is holding the clipboard. For me, it was Xserver.
For you, who knows.
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
add a comment |
If this is over Remote Desktop (RDP) then ensure that rdpclip.exe is running on the remote machine. You can start it using Win+R and then rdpclip
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
add a comment |
There's probably an app that's "locked" the clipboard. Try and work out what app has done that and close it.
In my case it was a hung Greenshot.
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
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Simple fix: Try to restart your PC. Doesn't get more simple than that.
As for the possible reasons:
- Bug in an application: It acquired the clipboard and never freed it
- Windows ran out of memory a while ago and is now confused. It'll probably crash soon (blue screen).
- Virus
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
2
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
1
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
add a comment |
Windows Notepad may be unable to handle excessively large content, or content with special characters. Although Notepad will generally strip out unsupported character set encodings or control characters, it is first and foremost a simple text file editor.
In my case, I had pasted a large amount of code from my development environment, which apparently overwhelmed Notepad. Even running the command to manually clear the clipboard failed. [cmd /c "echo off | clip"]
As per Mathew Lock's suggestion of an Application that had locked the Windows clipboard, I narrowed down the culprit to that of Notepad. Immediately upon terminating my NOTEPAD process, the lock on Windows Clipboard was freed.
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
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In my case the problem caused by a file explorer app, when I killed the app and clipboard worked again.
Then I reproduced the behavior
After opening the app again, Clipboard was working,
Then I press "ctrl-C" over a file and clipboard fail again.
Using the free app from Systernals "process explorer", I selected the previous process and then properties, in threads tabs, I selected "Ole32.dll" then click "kill"and clipbaord worked again.
After killing the thread i was not able to reproduce again the mistake.
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
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Found a solution here
Run the following: cmd /c "echo off | clip"
You can even make it into a desktop shortcut if the problem keeps happening.
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
add a comment |
Found a solution here
Run the following: cmd /c "echo off | clip"
You can even make it into a desktop shortcut if the problem keeps happening.
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
add a comment |
Found a solution here
Run the following: cmd /c "echo off | clip"
You can even make it into a desktop shortcut if the problem keeps happening.
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
Found a solution here
Run the following: cmd /c "echo off | clip"
You can even make it into a desktop shortcut if the problem keeps happening.
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
answered Mar 7 '11 at 14:08
UrbycozUrbycoz
70031229
70031229
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
add a comment |
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
how did that make your clipboard work?
– barlop
Mar 7 '11 at 16:35
3
3
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
This pushes the last app out of the clipboard. May cause a memory leak but as OP noticed, it give you the control back.
– Aaron Digulla
Apr 12 '11 at 7:20
8
8
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
This is not working for me: I got an error "ERROR: Access is denied."; The clipboard stopped functioning after I put a big data inside it (around 128mb).
– рüффп
Jun 22 '12 at 10:12
7
7
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Can't copy paste that code.. :-) It worked, thank you!
– Geo
Apr 3 '13 at 16:54
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
Didn't work for me ! Any other suggestions please
– The Beast
Jan 8 '18 at 12:17
add a comment |
For me the problem was happening only when there was a RDP session open to another machine. After closing RDC, clipboard started working again.
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
For me the problem was happening only when there was a RDP session open to another machine. After closing RDC, clipboard started working again.
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
For me the problem was happening only when there was a RDP session open to another machine. After closing RDC, clipboard started working again.
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
For me the problem was happening only when there was a RDP session open to another machine. After closing RDC, clipboard started working again.
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
edited Feb 26 '15 at 23:38
Matthew Lock
3,69222341
3,69222341
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
answered Mar 19 '12 at 23:49
Oleg D.Oleg D.
22124
22124
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
1
1
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
You mean RDP? That's what was doing it to my clipboard. Once I closed my RDP session, clipboard came back.
– davej
Sep 11 '13 at 13:43
1
1
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I meant using RDC (Remote Desktop Connection client), which uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
– Oleg D.
Nov 20 '13 at 22:30
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
I had no RDP sessions open, but I started and then closed the client and this fixed it.
– Stoinov
May 22 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
None of the above solutions worked for me. This one however did:
http://sys-talk.blogspot.com/2009/04/clip-board-not-working-in-windows-xp.html
(I am pasting the urls from the browser:) )
Generally, this tool locates an app that is holding the clipboard. For me, it was Xserver.
For you, who knows.
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
add a comment |
None of the above solutions worked for me. This one however did:
http://sys-talk.blogspot.com/2009/04/clip-board-not-working-in-windows-xp.html
(I am pasting the urls from the browser:) )
Generally, this tool locates an app that is holding the clipboard. For me, it was Xserver.
For you, who knows.
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
add a comment |
None of the above solutions worked for me. This one however did:
http://sys-talk.blogspot.com/2009/04/clip-board-not-working-in-windows-xp.html
(I am pasting the urls from the browser:) )
Generally, this tool locates an app that is holding the clipboard. For me, it was Xserver.
For you, who knows.
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
None of the above solutions worked for me. This one however did:
http://sys-talk.blogspot.com/2009/04/clip-board-not-working-in-windows-xp.html
(I am pasting the urls from the browser:) )
Generally, this tool locates an app that is holding the clipboard. For me, it was Xserver.
For you, who knows.
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
answered Dec 12 '13 at 3:32
FractalSpaceFractalSpace
1538
1538
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
add a comment |
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
For me it was rdpclip.exe (I was connecting from ubuntu 16.04 to the windows PC)
– ndemou
Mar 26 '18 at 14:15
add a comment |
If this is over Remote Desktop (RDP) then ensure that rdpclip.exe is running on the remote machine. You can start it using Win+R and then rdpclip
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
add a comment |
If this is over Remote Desktop (RDP) then ensure that rdpclip.exe is running on the remote machine. You can start it using Win+R and then rdpclip
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
add a comment |
If this is over Remote Desktop (RDP) then ensure that rdpclip.exe is running on the remote machine. You can start it using Win+R and then rdpclip
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
If this is over Remote Desktop (RDP) then ensure that rdpclip.exe is running on the remote machine. You can start it using Win+R and then rdpclip
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Aug 31 '16 at 8:57
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
3,69222341
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
add a comment |
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
3
3
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
for me killing rdpclip with taskmgr.exe first, then starting it... finally did it!
– eddygeek
Aug 7 '17 at 20:37
add a comment |
There's probably an app that's "locked" the clipboard. Try and work out what app has done that and close it.
In my case it was a hung Greenshot.
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
add a comment |
There's probably an app that's "locked" the clipboard. Try and work out what app has done that and close it.
In my case it was a hung Greenshot.
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
add a comment |
There's probably an app that's "locked" the clipboard. Try and work out what app has done that and close it.
In my case it was a hung Greenshot.
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
There's probably an app that's "locked" the clipboard. Try and work out what app has done that and close it.
In my case it was a hung Greenshot.
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
answered Oct 29 '13 at 7:26
Matthew LockMatthew Lock
3,69222341
3,69222341
add a comment |
add a comment |
Simple fix: Try to restart your PC. Doesn't get more simple than that.
As for the possible reasons:
- Bug in an application: It acquired the clipboard and never freed it
- Windows ran out of memory a while ago and is now confused. It'll probably crash soon (blue screen).
- Virus
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
2
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
1
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
add a comment |
Simple fix: Try to restart your PC. Doesn't get more simple than that.
As for the possible reasons:
- Bug in an application: It acquired the clipboard and never freed it
- Windows ran out of memory a while ago and is now confused. It'll probably crash soon (blue screen).
- Virus
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
2
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
1
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
add a comment |
Simple fix: Try to restart your PC. Doesn't get more simple than that.
As for the possible reasons:
- Bug in an application: It acquired the clipboard and never freed it
- Windows ran out of memory a while ago and is now confused. It'll probably crash soon (blue screen).
- Virus
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
Simple fix: Try to restart your PC. Doesn't get more simple than that.
As for the possible reasons:
- Bug in an application: It acquired the clipboard and never freed it
- Windows ran out of memory a while ago and is now confused. It'll probably crash soon (blue screen).
- Virus
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
answered Mar 7 '11 at 13:44
Aaron DigullaAaron Digulla
4,43653561
4,43653561
2
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
1
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
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Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
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Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
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2
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
Thanks. I was hoping for a method that doesn't involve a restart.
– Urbycoz
Mar 7 '11 at 14:04
1
1
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
Use the task manager to kill the process that has hung the clipboard. This will likely take an educated guess (you see an app there that you have already closed, yet it still lingers), a lucky guess (random roulette), or a reboot. The random/lucky guesses should be marked on a scrap of paper for next time, so you can make better guesses.
– Chris Thornton
Apr 9 '11 at 19:55
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Windows Notepad may be unable to handle excessively large content, or content with special characters. Although Notepad will generally strip out unsupported character set encodings or control characters, it is first and foremost a simple text file editor.
In my case, I had pasted a large amount of code from my development environment, which apparently overwhelmed Notepad. Even running the command to manually clear the clipboard failed. [cmd /c "echo off | clip"]
As per Mathew Lock's suggestion of an Application that had locked the Windows clipboard, I narrowed down the culprit to that of Notepad. Immediately upon terminating my NOTEPAD process, the lock on Windows Clipboard was freed.
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
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This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
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Windows Notepad may be unable to handle excessively large content, or content with special characters. Although Notepad will generally strip out unsupported character set encodings or control characters, it is first and foremost a simple text file editor.
In my case, I had pasted a large amount of code from my development environment, which apparently overwhelmed Notepad. Even running the command to manually clear the clipboard failed. [cmd /c "echo off | clip"]
As per Mathew Lock's suggestion of an Application that had locked the Windows clipboard, I narrowed down the culprit to that of Notepad. Immediately upon terminating my NOTEPAD process, the lock on Windows Clipboard was freed.
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
add a comment |
Windows Notepad may be unable to handle excessively large content, or content with special characters. Although Notepad will generally strip out unsupported character set encodings or control characters, it is first and foremost a simple text file editor.
In my case, I had pasted a large amount of code from my development environment, which apparently overwhelmed Notepad. Even running the command to manually clear the clipboard failed. [cmd /c "echo off | clip"]
As per Mathew Lock's suggestion of an Application that had locked the Windows clipboard, I narrowed down the culprit to that of Notepad. Immediately upon terminating my NOTEPAD process, the lock on Windows Clipboard was freed.
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
Windows Notepad may be unable to handle excessively large content, or content with special characters. Although Notepad will generally strip out unsupported character set encodings or control characters, it is first and foremost a simple text file editor.
In my case, I had pasted a large amount of code from my development environment, which apparently overwhelmed Notepad. Even running the command to manually clear the clipboard failed. [cmd /c "echo off | clip"]
As per Mathew Lock's suggestion of an Application that had locked the Windows clipboard, I narrowed down the culprit to that of Notepad. Immediately upon terminating my NOTEPAD process, the lock on Windows Clipboard was freed.
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
answered Feb 22 '17 at 19:10
Michael MMichael M
1011
1011
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
add a comment |
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
This can also occur in applications with tabs where a specific tab is the source of the excessively large content. Closing the source tab freed things up for me - without having to close the whole application. (Sql Server Management Studio in my case)
– Simon
Oct 26 '18 at 9:20
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In my case the problem caused by a file explorer app, when I killed the app and clipboard worked again.
Then I reproduced the behavior
After opening the app again, Clipboard was working,
Then I press "ctrl-C" over a file and clipboard fail again.
Using the free app from Systernals "process explorer", I selected the previous process and then properties, in threads tabs, I selected "Ole32.dll" then click "kill"and clipbaord worked again.
After killing the thread i was not able to reproduce again the mistake.
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
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In my case the problem caused by a file explorer app, when I killed the app and clipboard worked again.
Then I reproduced the behavior
After opening the app again, Clipboard was working,
Then I press "ctrl-C" over a file and clipboard fail again.
Using the free app from Systernals "process explorer", I selected the previous process and then properties, in threads tabs, I selected "Ole32.dll" then click "kill"and clipbaord worked again.
After killing the thread i was not able to reproduce again the mistake.
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
add a comment |
In my case the problem caused by a file explorer app, when I killed the app and clipboard worked again.
Then I reproduced the behavior
After opening the app again, Clipboard was working,
Then I press "ctrl-C" over a file and clipboard fail again.
Using the free app from Systernals "process explorer", I selected the previous process and then properties, in threads tabs, I selected "Ole32.dll" then click "kill"and clipbaord worked again.
After killing the thread i was not able to reproduce again the mistake.
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
In my case the problem caused by a file explorer app, when I killed the app and clipboard worked again.
Then I reproduced the behavior
After opening the app again, Clipboard was working,
Then I press "ctrl-C" over a file and clipboard fail again.
Using the free app from Systernals "process explorer", I selected the previous process and then properties, in threads tabs, I selected "Ole32.dll" then click "kill"and clipbaord worked again.
After killing the thread i was not able to reproduce again the mistake.
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
answered Jan 8 at 16:28
Daniel PerezDaniel Perez
688
688
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