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Copy-paste stops working on Windows 7

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Mar 15, 2026130795 views
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Copy-paste functionality stops working after about an hour after each reboot on a Windows 7 64-bit system. Running Google Chrome (with gmail and few other tabs open like Calendar, Reader), MS Outlook (which I don't think has anything to do with the problem — I saw it when outlook was off as well), …

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Fix for: Copy-paste stops working on Windows 7

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A bit late, but hopefully this can still help someone. I have this exact same problem as well, on Windows 7 64-bit too. For me, I just found out it was caused by Outlook 2007. You can find out which application is keeping a lock on the clipboard by …

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