Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in Windows 8

I am also having the same issue.  I did the cmd sfc/scannow and it found corrupt files that it was unable to repair.  I created a new user account and the copy/paste function worked in that but of course if I delete my old user account I will lose programs I have installed.  Again with the refresh option I will lose these programs.

If I choose to refresh or switch to a new user account, and then reinstall my lost programs, will the same problem eventually happen again?  I believe I lost the copy/paste function after a Windows 8 update.  Once this update comes around again, will the problem just return?

Please let me know if it's worth going through the trouble.

Thanks

Just bought a brand new Window 8 computer.  Fresh out of the box and Copy & Paste do not work.

Why is this not international news!  No wonder the government is shutdown!

Copy Paste does all the things described above.

Have run Win8 since launch with no problem.   This started 3 weeks ago.

Have tried all the fixes at tremendous cost of time and energy and hassle.

(including re-install and IE10 reset)

Given the age of this thread,  I am very frustrated Microsoft has not diagnosed and patched.

Note:  The windows reload was a horrible pita.

Then I reloaded Chrome and everything came back set up and working in less than a minute.

Get a clue Microsoft.

removal of Outlook won;t work either as my machine doesn't have outlook active.

The issue is whether you have Office and its Clipboard extension installed.   Mentioning Outlook was just a way of validating the idea for that particular response.

Well that worked for about a week and it started doing it again. The post above suggesting removal of Outlook won;t work either as my machine doesn't have outlook active. The problem with Microsoft's products is there is absolutely no support for operating system issues like this.