Copy-Paste in Visual Studio 2017 breaks Windows 10 clipboard (possibly only after using RDP)

[David Fink]

This is a recurring but not consistently reproducible issue.

The cause appears to be related to (some or all of) the following actions:

1. RDP (from Mac) into my Windows 10 machine, which has a running Visual Studio open.
2. Though RDP, set breakpoints, interact with the debugger, copy-paste across RDP (works). Leave Visual Studio stopped at a breakpoint.
3. Log in at my Windows 10 machine (extremely slow - black screens with just the mouse for minutes before it logs in)
4. Debug in the still-running Visual Studio, stepping, etc.
5. Copy-paste from fields within Visual Studio while debugging (Value variables in the Locals window, source code, etc) (works)
6. At some point while copy-pasting, the Windows clipboard completely breaks

Cut commands continue to remove the highlighted text in all applications (tested in Notepad++, Visual Studio, Chrome address bar)

Copy commands may or may not succeed (I have no way of knowing).

Paste commands (Ctrl-V and context menu) do not succeed in any application, after copy or cut (tested in Notepad++, Visual Studio, Chrome address bar).

Trying to paste into a Skype conversation results in the error message "Something went wrong while pasting your content."


This seems related or identical to the following post, which never had a resolution:

Copy/Paste Stops Working


Version info:

• Windows 10 Enterprise, Verison 1803, OS build 16134.765
• Visual Studio Professional 2017 (2) Version 15.9.11 (also experienced with earlier version)

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