I encountered a strange issue where I suddenly could not copy or paste in Windows or any of the Office applications (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) while working remotely. It was quite frustrating as I was pressed for time and needed this critical function to keep working. I then had the idea to stop the utility for the clipboard, effectively restarting it, and that worked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your clipboard copy\/paste is not working on your remote machine, to save you the same time and frustration, here is how I resolved the issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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• Click on Start and type “Run”. Press Enter. (You can also press the Windows Key + R combination to open the Run window).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• In the Run window, type cmd<\/strong> and press enter or click OK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• When the black command prompt window opens, type the following:<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• taskkill \/f \/im rdpclip.exe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Press enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
• Close the command prompt (black) window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  By entering this command, you are forcing the shared clipboard to close and restart itself. Hopefully this helps you out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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