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Clipboard stops to working in random time during the working day. Can't copy/paste, clipboard manager is empty. No any special actions done before this: it just stops to work in regular routine. I just have to restart Windows and hope to work for a next few hours.
It's make me crazy to restart my computer few times a day. I have complicated environment with VM's, Docker, IDE, SSH Terminals and should restart it JUST BECAUSE SUDDENLY I HAVE NO CLIPBOARD.
HOW IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO BREAK THE CLIPBOARD??? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT JOKE
Windows 11 is broken! Please fix it!
I know here a lot of people with same issue. Please comment: let's make this problem visible to MS.
Please no generic advises about restart explorer, dism/sfc, troubleshooting and reinstalling my OS.
All of this was tried many times and doesn't solve this deep Windows bug.
My system information:
Windows 11 22H2 (x64), build 22621.2715, all the updates installed (Nov 2023)
Ryzen 7 5800H, 32 Gb RAM
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UPDATES:
SOLUTION #1 (JUNE 2024): confirmed and tested
As I noticed before, clipboard issue was always after my computer was left for some time switched on. During this my screensaver was shown and SOME BACKGROUND TASKS performed. This caused the issue 100% of time! I was trying to find and disable background tasks - but it doesn't help.
So, here's my solution: don't let PC to get idle. I've installed Caffeinated utility and keep my PC always awake, even when I'm go out for a few hours or night. AND IT WORKS! For 1 month already no more Clipboard Problem, no any restart! So I recommend to try this method.
SOLUTION #2 (doubtful: works for some)
Discovered by Glen Decker, instructions by Kim-LarryPapp
I hope it can help shine a light. You can follow the steps below. Some things to note, I've placed keystrokes in square brackets to indicate the keyboard touches, and the 'WIN' key refers to the Windows Key on the keyboard. (e.g. [ctrl+alt+del])
UPDATE FROM SEPTEMBER 2024:
From the moment I discovered solution #1 I have no issues with clipboard at all - for 3 months in a row!
Just using Caffeinated utility or PowerToys Awake - yes, not fix, but stable workaround. At least I can do my job while Microsoft ignores this issue.
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Couldn't agree more!
The amount of bugs i experience in windows 11 explorer is an embarrassment to microsoft.
Click a file "explorer opens address bar".
Click file again to close address bar
"ohhh you want to rename the file!"
no i don't.
"ok i will close all your explorer windows instead".
This is why i do not want to upgrade to windows 11 on my home machine.
This thread is nearly 2 years old. It baffles me that such a blatant bug is still there.
And what baffles me even more is : how can you plan the EoL of the stables OS (Windows 10) when the next version (11) is still obviously in Alpha with issues like this on basic features (*) ?!
(*) and it's not the only one : the taskbar has lots of trouble sizing the buttons, the start menu as a whole is a regression, and the file explorer - one of the most basic features in an OS - is still extremely slow and full of bugs and design mistakes.
If you can't get win11 out of Alpha, you have to keep a stable OS alive (=> win10)
I figured out that going into settings/system/clipboard then click the "clear" button would clear the cache and allow you to use it. Cant prove it but I'm guessing there's a tiny bit of dedicated space for the clipboard and it doesn't FIFO and freezes up until the memory is clear. Buuuuuut MS figured out that we figured it out so now clicking clear does absolutely nothing.
Absolutely unbelievable.
An operating system that has been developed for more than 30 years with all the time and the money in the world.
And still having this type of noob problems.
Windows 11 after years still looks like AN UNFINISHED, BETA OS
Hi, I've encountered the same issue. In my case those were two opened RDP sessions.
Solution: just close one. If didn't help, close another one, reboot and reconnect to 1 RDP.
