Me too on DELL Precision 7720, after copy starts for some time then it stops responding.
Why Does Windows 10/11 Copy and Paste Stop Working After A While?
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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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Anonymous
2024-09-07T20:06:36+00:00 -
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2024-08-21T17:34:10+00:00 I think I may be the one who originally posted this issue, so I just took the easy way out and rebooted when I left each day. However, I've been up for several days now and the issue has not reoccurred. My strictly personal opinion is that it WAS a Microsoft issue all along --- even though they never acknowledged it --- and that one of the updates finally fixed it.
But watch, now that I've said that, it's going to come back! :(
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Anonymous
2024-08-21T17:15:33+00:00 Many of us have a dual monitor setup, it looks like many of us are probably using integrated Intel graphics as well. I wonder if it is the Intel drivers that are the problem? I was using HP OEM Intel drivers but just upgraded to the latest Intel drivers, my clipboard issues have come back, but nearly as bad as originally (prior to the Cafeinated fix).
I found this solution on other threads. It has fixed most issues with Windows 11 stability, including clipboard issues and video issues (after screen lock/unlock). There are a few apps but this one is free and works well.
Cafeinated Version 1.7.0 Forked by TheJoeFin https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PBVHHSN78BL?ocid=pdpshare
I had my PC on performance mode and never sleep, but for some reason this app has fixed my problems. Honestly, not sure what this app does, but it definitely has slowed my rebooting to once a week (from several times a day, at times).
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Anonymous
2024-08-08T08:11:57+00:00 Good call, i have seen behaviour similar to this too!
i am guessing apps like EXCEL, visual studio etc use their own copy function because they store extra items in the COPY when compared to notepad.
This is a guess as to why, but i have not investigated.
i have however seen what you are seeing.
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Anonymous
2024-08-07T23:21:53+00:00 One interesting note. I have found that copy paste will stop working for me and 100 percent of the time there are certain applications it will work and certain applications it will not work. For example, when my copy paste stops working I cannot copy out of sql management studio comment excel, command line (CMD). This is all very small text that I'm trying to copy. I also am unable to copy and paste files through Windows Explorer.
When this happens I CAN copy/paste out of notepad, notepad++, text from web pages (Chrome), etc.
It's Interesting how the copy/paste seems to break for all Microsoft applications/Windows functions, but at the same time works fine in other applications.