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
    2024-04-16T23:30:22+00:00

    Bad news, copy and paste FAILED using one monitor. Back to trouble shooting, my next step is taking it to a P/C repair specialist.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T21:10:07+00:00

    Are you running dual monitors ??? If so try and disconnect one and run with one.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T21:06:45+00:00

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T19:52:49+00:00

    BTW, later this week I will test by removing the 2nd monitor and report back ...

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T14:00:20+00:00

    I will note that I have multiple monitors attached to a Lenovo desktop where I experience the issue

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