Copy & paste problem

[Raindancer]

About half way through my working day, CTRL C / CTRL V refuses to work.

 

I use about 10 different apps at work and am always copying and pasting between them, about half way through the day some of the apps refuse to paste what I have copied.

 

I have shut down and restarted the apps, but that makes no difference. It only starts to work again if I shut down and restart the PC (which is a pain in the arse)

 

I imagine that the clipboard is becoming full and this is why I cannot copy'n'paste after a while. How do i delete the entries?

[fox09]

I think I had the same problem a while ago. It actually turned out to be some adware, from what I remember. Maybe you should do some scans of your computer, if you haven't already done that.

[Slamman]

The clipboard only maintains one thing at a time, although some apps are in this area, I never used them. I also use the traditional right mouse button all the time, does that work too?

Hit the context window button on your keyboard, that will prompt it open as well.

[Mainland Marauder]

 

The clipboard only maintains one thing at a time...

Indeed, your clipboard basically "resets" with every cut/copy command.

 

Ex. If I highlight this: "Hey RD" and do CTRL+C, or use the Copy command - anything before it is out of the clipboard memory and I should expect to see the following:

 

 

Hey RD

 

...with nothing else before it.

 

My guess is some sort of malware, unless your keyboard's just going out for some reason. Sometimes I do hit CTRL+V and see something pasted when I thought I did hit CTRL+C for copy. It happens.