Why Does Windows 10/11 Copy and Paste Stop Working After A While?

Anonymous
2023-12-31T13:30:36+00:00

For the last few months my Copy/Paste will stop working after I've been logged-on for awhile. If I log off and back on (no Restart, though), it will start working again... for awhile, that is. It was happening on Windows 10, so I went ahead and upgraded to Windows 11, hoping it would fix the problem, but it didn't.

I've looked through other postings, but most of them involve a Restart, which certainly works but so does a simple log off/log on. I generally don't log out at the end of the day, just lock it. Does anyone have a solution other than creating a whole new profile?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-20T18:29:01+00:00

    I am using MS 365 and my copy and paste isn't working. Any ideas out there as I haven't been able to find a solution? Thanks!

    I am running a program called Caffeinated 1.8.0 and it has fixed the problem 100% (found at the Windows Store).

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-20T15:45:17+00:00

    I am using MS 365 and my copy and paste isn't working. Any ideas out there as I haven't been able to find a solution? Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T12:52:28+00:00

    I assume you mean that you will be re-installing Windows 11, which may or may not fix it. Replacing hardware will likely won't fix it as it seems to be a random thing that is tied to power saving features in Windows 11. I am running an HP Elitedesk (that was originally installed with Win11) and I am sure there are 1000's sold and I seem to be one of the few that have an issue.

    I am running a program called Caffeinated 1.8.0 and it has fixed the problem 100% (found at the Windows Store).

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T12:40:46+00:00

    As I have responded previously, my problem stopped just as suddenly as it started, but there was NOTHING I did to "fix" it, and the issue has not reoccurred. In fact, I pretty much only have to reboot once a week or so, and that's by choice, not because something isn't working.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T12:28:34+00:00

    I am having the same issue, sound like I will need to rebuild my machine

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