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
    2024-09-20T18:23:23+00:00

    Try using the app Cafeinated on the MS store. It works for me most of the time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-20T17:46:00+00:00

    This happens consistently, all I have to do is let my machine lock and leave it running overnight. Every single time I log back in after this, copy/paste no longer works. It's been a year at least since this worked.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-18T03:52:27+00:00

    Just happened to me too. I keep this forum bookmarked so I can check in for updates every time it happens.

    Restarting Windows Explorer works for me, but I only get a handful of copy/pastes completed before it stops working again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-18T03:44:17+00:00

    Cal - Did Microsoft level 3 support end up following through with any help or suggestions?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-15T12:54:36+00:00

    It happen again :( it was few days but it hapen again, restarting file explorer fixes some issue, but full PC restart required. At the moment I have started disabling certain windows services to see if I can pin point a problem ... :(

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