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It will then work for a while (usually several hours) before it stops working again. This makes Windows 11 completely unusable as I use copy and paste constantly all day long. Apparently this problem has been happening since 2021 and Microsoft hasn't bothered to fix it. We pay thousands a year to Microsoft, and we need this for our business.
I've tried the sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth fixes, I've cleared the clipboard data in Start > Settings >Clipboard, I've killed and restarted the RDP Clipboard Monitor service and Windows Explorer.
Fix the OS please.
Now.
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SAME STORY HERE
Hey, Microsoft, don't you think that CLIPBOARD IS A BASIC FEATURE and it should just work???
How it ever possible to BREAK A CLIPBOARD???
I can handle small issues around Win 11, but I can't randomly restart my PC few times during working day.
FIX IT! FIX IT! FIX IT!
And please, no stupid advises with restarting explorer, dism, sfc and all the generic stuff - IT DOESN'T HELP
There are thousands of posts about this... but no real fix... it's the clipboard... yeah, around since the original version of Windows... and it doesn't work. Great!!!
I have to restart my PC and the clipboard works for about a dozen time, then crashes.... none of the posted solutions work... only rebooting...
I copy/paste every minute... this is BS...
Typical, no one bothers to find the root of the issue.
SAME STORY HERE
Hey, Microsoft, don't you think that CLIPBOARD IS A BASIC FEATURE and it should just work???
How it ever possible to BREAK A CLIPBOARD???
I can handle small issues around Win 11, but I can't randomly restart my PC few times during working day.
FIX IT! FIX IT! FIX IT!
And please, no stupid advises with restarting explorer, dism, sfc and all the generic stuff - IT DOESN'T HELP
Same problem here since I received my new Dell P/C running Windows 11 and Microsoft Office Student. Copy and paste might work for several hours or several days and then it stops. I have been working with Microsoft Level 2 support for the past week. Reloaded Windows 11 and Office 3 times and created a new profile and still no success. Not sure why Microsoft refuses to accept the problem. There are many comments about this problem with no true fix. There must be an application running in the background causing the corruption to the clipboard file. Re-Boot is the only option and very painful when working on documents. I heard the solution is to switch to a MAC with Microsoft Office.
After working with level 1 support for 4 weeks, level 2 support for 2 weeks, I have now been escalated to level 3 support, I'll keep going until I reach Bill Gates if I need to. Loading Windows 11 and Microsoft Office 3 times it still fails, it might run several hours or several days, can't seem to identify what is causing the failure.
Same issue. New computer with Windows 11 and copy/paste stops working until reboot. Then stops again at some random time later.
Tried all the different things I have found online and none have worked.
