Comments on: Copy and Paste is not working on my Remote Desktop Connection… what’s wrong?

By: Emmanuel Carabott

Emmanuel Carabott — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:22:19 +0000

the RDPclip process only works for the remote desktop session I am afraid. Is this problem you’re experiencing only occurring when using office or any copy and paste operation you’re trying on any application fails with that same error?

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:20:31 +0000

I’m not use remote desktop but i am having same issue.

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Office 2010

copy/paste doesn’t work. ctrl-c and ctrl-v do nothing. if i open word and expand the clipboard, it will show in the taskbar area. when i try to copy, i get a clipboard popup that reads “Item not collected”

I’ve tried the following:
close all office programs
open task manager
no rdpclip running, so i start the process
after starting the process, rdpclip shows in “Processes” tab but i still have the same problem described above

restarting windows will fix the issue but after using computer for awhile, copy/paste problem will return

any thoughts?
it sounds like stopping rdpclip then restarting the process should reset the clipboard. is there any other way to do this?

By: Wanwaihui

Wanwaihui — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:36:22 +0000

This is finally working. It’s really a frustration when I needed to send all my files thru cloud sharing and download from my RD previously…! Thank you!

By: Fabio

Fabio — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:15:46 +0000

Thanks, it works like a charm!

By: kurt

kurt — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:23 +0000

I get the following error running the command: The process rdclip.exe with PID 4976 could not be terminated. This process can only be terminated forcefully (with /F option)

By: Emmanuel Carabott

Emmanuel Carabott — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:18:27 +0000

@obaia if rdpclip is not running all you need to do is click on start, choose run and type in rdpclip.exe and press okay.

By: obaia

obaia — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:07 +0000

I to cannot cut and paste using xp pro.32 bit.. rdpclip is not listed in my windows task manager
how can I restore it. step by step
thanks

By: Dan Morphis

Dan Morphis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:23 +0000

If the clipboard is still not working after restarting the rdpclip process, then clipboard redirection is probably disabled.

To enable it, open mmc, add/remove snap-in, terminal services configuration.

In there, under the “Connections” heading, right-click on the listed connection and choose properties. On the “Client Settings” tab, under the “Redirection” heading, *uncheck* “Clipboard” Click “OK”

Finally, log off/logon and clipboard should now work for you!

By: Emmanuel Carabott

Emmanuel Carabott — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:44:18 +0000

Hi Big Ian,

I am sorry this didn’t work for you. I need you to answer a few questions so that maybe I can help you out; did you confirm rdpclip.exe started successfully when you tired to restart it?

Also, some people reported that rdpclip.exe was missing for them, is that the problem you experianced?

Did you perform the procedure on the W7 or W2k8?

By: Big Ian

Big Ian — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:44:46 +0000

Followed the steps above no joy copy & paste still do not work. Any thoughts?

W7 (32bit) >> W2K8 R2 (64bit)