If I right-click, I have the option to copy, but when I try to right-click and paste, the paste item is not available.. it's greyed out.Ctrl-V doesn't work either. I've just tried pasting simple text from various programs into notepad or word and it doesn't work to paste into anything.
Re: disabled 'cut, copy, paste et al' dropdown that might be corrected via the >start>run>regedit(?) routine ;-) Have XP3 and IE8, updated as recently as this morning ;-) And, I definitely lack the necessary skills and familiarity to cope with this site ;-)) If someone has the time and talent to assist in this search I'd be most appreciative !! ;-)) So farewell for now, and I do hope I can manage to return;-))
The cut and paste control keys do not work on my computer [ Control-X cut & Control-V paste]. There is no error message - they just don't work.For example, if I open a document with Notepad and try to move all or part of it into an internet email then nothing happens. No error messages, just nothing. Same with my word processor I'm using OpenOffice Writer for word processing, free version, and got nothing from them on this question.
I can't cut, copy, or paste anything. when I right click it the menu will pop up and the cut, copy and paste options are listed, but when I go to where I need to paste what ever I have cut or copied the menu that pops up only has two options.......[1] select all ......and [2] properties. What can I do to remedy this problem... I did here recently reformat the HHD and re-install windows XP (with in the last two weeks) thanks for any help given on this topic.
I can't get my cut and paste to work, the words are clear and when I click on it it won't do anything. what do I do, it's annoying while trying to send resumes out.
I have installed/reinstalled MS Paint several times and restarted my computer. It is there but I cannot paste or copy. I had registry mechanic on my computer and since then it has not worked.
I am running XP Pro with IE8, there is a problem when I attempt to copy and paste, I can put the pointer on where I want to start highlighting and it will not follow the movement of the mouse when attempting to highlight. You can put the pointer on a sentence and hold the mouse while sliding and it will not highlight, or it may start highlighting somewhere in the middle or maybe not at all. I have tried from bottom up and top down, it makes no difference, this is driving me crazy because I use the copy and paste feature quite often. I've never had this happen before, something appears to be conflicting; but I've been running the same programs for a long period of time and never seen this before.
I have windows xp on my computer and am unable to cut and paste between the Internet & MS Word. Is there a buffer that needs to be emptied or how do I fix it?
I'm not sure why I am no longer able to cut an image from a website (I use Mozilla Firefox) and paste it to my email (Incredimail). I haven't done it in a while and I don't think I changed any settings. I used to be able to do it and now nothing shows up on my email when I try to paste. I also have Word and the picture doesn't come up either, just an empty box.
I have Windows xp on my laptop. Till yesterday the cut, paste and copy functions were working fine. But today they stopped working I dont know how to solve this problem. I went through many forums and saw many people have faced same problem but could not find solution which will solve my problem.
i cant copy/cut and paste files higher than a certain number. I can cut and paste other files, folders and in my browser, but say i want to cut 30 notepad files from one folder to another it wont work, i have to vut the files 3 at a time, why is this happening?
I try to ctrl-c copy text from my remote w2k terminal server and ctrl-v paste to my local application. It does not work. I use xp remote desktop on my local. What did I do wrong.
cannot copy or paste files (text only) and some progs are starting with error msgs.i was thinking that it might have been spyware or an infection of some kind because when i start spyware doctor.
I am unable to copy and paste files on my laptop that has had XP SP2 re-installed. Whewn I try to paste the option is inactive. My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra.
When I highlight text and click Copy, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.I use Yankee Clipper which provides more versatility to the clipbboard. Sometimes when I have copied something the Paste key is greyed out but the text is saved in YC. Other times it is not saved either place. When I delete cookies and temporaries, that sometimes causes the clipboard and sometimes not, and sometimes it will work only once or twice and then quit again.
I can copy pictures, links etc. but when I go to paste them, the paste option is not highlighted so I am not able to use this. What do I do to fix this?For example, I can highlight the link above, right click and select copy. When I want to paste it, the paste option is not highlighted, I am not able to use paste. This is same for all text and pictures.
My problem probably has a simple answer but it is driving me crazy.I cannot use my copy /paste option.When I highlight something it colours up(not sure of the right phrase) ok, I then right click for options left click copy,which is enabled but when I go to paste to another doc right clicking shows all the options disabled ie faint.
I am having a problem with cutting and pasting not working on my remote desktop. I am not cutting and pastintg betweeen my remoted computer and my local computer. I am only cutting and pasting within my remote computer. For example, I can't cut and paste test text in a word document that is running on my remote computer. I can't even cut and paste files between directories in my remote computer.
I'm not sure if this is something that is possible with Window's native software. But, hopefully, it is Basically, I am working with an online database. My work requires me to cut/paste different lines of text from my hard drive onto the online database Typically, to cut/paste, I highlight the text, right click > cut > paste. However, this text is erased as soon as I select something else.Is there a way I can set up keystrokes to get around this?For example, Say I need to cut/paste the following:1) "Red" 2) "Rubber" 3) "Ball" Can I set up Windows so that "Red" will be outputted whenever I press a certain key combo (say F1/C) and that "Rubber" will be outputted when I press F2/C?
2 links deep into every website I get 'windows needs to shut down' error message. yahoo, xanga, letssingit. Everything. I tried to copy/paste the error message. Couldn't get the whole thing. This is all I could copy.
To illustrate a setting for someone at work, I hit the print screen button and tried to paste it in M$ Image. No luck with Edit button or right click. Every option is gray color. HP Image won?t give me any options except ask me if I want to scan. I can only do it in M$ Word. I have tried to set up M$ Image as default (tools>general options>Open images in Image, but it still will only work in Word. This isn?t that big a problem now I know it only works in Word, but what is improperly configured? Shouldn?t I be able to create a jpg of my desktop in Image to paste or attach to an email or in a forum such as this?
If anyone could direct me to the answer or maybe recognized the problem and tell me what is going on:)When I copy from a website(just some text from a bible online)and try to paste it in another website "message board" I get the text but also, something that I think is hypertext is also showing up which is not showing in the original text(<SUP id=en-NIV-25501>49</SUP>")Looks like the previous in parenthisis) This has not happened to me before when copying and pasting.
my comp is very screwy lately. if i right click a folder and copy it, or just right click it, its fine. but if i try to paste or right click once again the whole explorer will crash leaving no icons on my desktop. then it will reload everything back up.
I really messed up my computer. I think I deleted a necessary Service. I searched high & low at Microsoft Support & all over the internet, but everthing I do to try to fix the problem only brings me to another error message or another function that does not work properly. I don't think I have a virus or any other malicious software because I scanned my computer a day or 2 before this happened & it was clean.
My taskbar/start menu has disappeared, system restore won't work, I am unable to make any chages to my system services, safe mode is working just as bad as regular startup, many programs do not work properly including internet explorer and more. I am almost surprised I am able to post this. I have pretty much given up on trying to restore my necessary service(s) or restore my computer to my last restore point. I decided to burn some files/folders to my disk drive and then re-format my computer. But I have run into another problem. I am unale to cut, copy, paste, drag, drop, move or send files/folders to another location on my computer, including my CD-R drive. I am able to select cut, copy, sent to, etc, but nothing happens after I do.