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Can't copy and paste in Remote Desktop Connection session

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026371352 views
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Is it possible to copy and paste inside a Remote Desktop Connection session?

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Fix for: Can't copy and paste in Remote Desktop Connection session

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Even when you have the "Clipboard" option enabled, you may still have problems! If that's the case, use Task Manager to kill and restart the process on local and remote machines. More details on this blog post … The only way I really knew to fix the clipboard transfer was to close my session and restart it. That meant closing the tools I was using like Visual Studio, Management Studio and the other ancillary processes I have running as I work and then restarting all of it just to restore the cl…

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