Excel Error Cannot Empty The Clipboard 2007
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Smartphones Fun Stuff Search site Fix for Cannont Empty the Clipboard in Office Have you ever tried to copy some cells in Excel and gotten the Cannot empty the clipboard error message? I was recently the victim microsoft excel cannot empty clipboard error message of this annoying error, which would pop up EVERY time I tried to copy excel cannot empty the clipboard windows 7 data from any cell on my spreadsheet. The strange thing is that the copy still works for me, but I have to keep cannot empty the clipboard excel 2003 clicking OK to remove the error message. After some reading and playing around on my own, I've learned that this error can happen for all kinds of reasons and there are a number of fixes you can the clipboard cannot be emptied excel 2010 try to troubleshoot the error. For the most part, you'll see this error in Microsoft Excel and Word, especially when you are trying to copy any kind of data. Here are all the possible solutions I could find. If you have a different solution, feel free to post it in the comments. Method 1: Sometimes in Excel you can get this error if a cell has been copied and you try to copy another cell.
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You can try to press the ESC key to deselect the copied cell and then try to copy again. This method might let you copy one time, but you may still get the error message on the next attempt to copy. It’s not a permanent fix. Method 2: Another thing you can try is to open the clipboard in Windows and leave it open. Sometimes doing this can help get rid of the error. It’s not a great solution, but these are the strange things you have to do in Windows! You can open the Clipboard by going to Start, Run and typing in clipbrd.exe. You can also go to Windows\System32 directory and double-click on clipbrd.exe. Method 3: If you've been using Remote Desktop, you may get the Cannot Copy to Clipboard error because Remote Desktop uses the clipboard and it can cause weird issues with Excel. Go to Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, kill the process called rdpclip.exe and see if that fixes your problem! If you have UltraVNC installed, it may also be the culprit! Any kind of remote desktop software could be causing the issue, so make sure to check to see if you have the problem when one of those programs are running. Method 4: Go to Excel, click on Tools, then Options, and go to the Calc
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Author Bio Allen Wyatt With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more http://excelribbon.tips.net/T009810_Cant_Empty_the_Clipboard.html about Allen... Subscribe Get tips like this every week in Excel Ribbon Tips, a free productivity newsletter. Enter your address and click "Subscribe." (Your e-mail address is not shared with anyone, ever.) Want to see what the newsletter looks like? http://mobeer.blogspot.com/2009/01/excel-2007-cannot-empty-clipboard.html View the most recent issue. Helpful Links ExcelTips FAQ ExcelTips Resources Ask an Excel Question Make a Comment Free Business Forms Free Calendars Tips.Net > Excel Home > Editing > Can't Empty the Clipboard Can't Empty cannot empty the Clipboard by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 3, 2015) Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Can't Empty the Clipboard. Jerry is trying to cut information from one cell and paste it into another cell. cannot empty the He can cut it just fine, but when he tries to paste it he gets an error message, "Cannot Empty the Clipboard." Jerry wonders what causes this error. This has been a problem in Excel for some time. (Actually, the problem seems to crop up in several different Office applications, not just Excel.) It seems to be more prevalent in versions of Excel earlier than Excel 2007, but it has been reported in the latest versions, as well. The solutions for the problem depend upon what is causing the problem and which version of Excel you are using. As an example, here are two different articles at the Microsoft Knowledge Base that address the issue for older versions of the program: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196620 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899266 Note that the articles are focused on entirely different versions of Excel and entirely different causes. Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn't seen fit to acknowledge that the problem exists in Excel 2007 or Excel 2010—at least not in the Knowledge Base—but there are reports of it happening in those versions. A quick Google search for the error message shows that it still routinely occurs in the latest versions of Excel. Basically, the way you can fix this problem is to figure out what program (Windows add-on or third-party software) is interfering with how Excel wants to work with the Clipboard. You can do this by starting Windows with a "clean slate" (without any other programs running in t
that the mind imposes on them. Monday, January 05, 2009 Excel 2007 'Cannot empty the Clipboard' This might save somebody some time and headaches if google picks it up. I was getting a 'Cannot empty the Clipboard' error every time I moved cells around in Excel - eventually I mucked around with the settings and made it go away. Here's how; In the excel main menu (glass globe w/logo), click Excel options, then Advanced, then turn off 'Show paste options buttons'How exciting was this as my first post of the year?Update: I still haven't found a permanent solution but I found another thing that seems to help. In Excel 2007, from the "home" tab, the first thing on the left is the clipboard tool panel. Expand the panel to view the clipboard and in the clipboard you might find "cannot empty clipboard" as an entry. Empty the clipboard, keep the panel open for a second or two while you do a few cut and pastes/drags etc. and then the bogey seems to go away.I call this the cable dance because back in the day I had a printer that only worked if you unplugged the cable, shook it out and plugged it back in. Posted by sanj at 3:56 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest 72 comments: Anonymous said... Thank you! audit time at my company and this just made my day. 4:24 PM Anonymous said... Didn't work 7:26 AM John said... Thanks! Working well so far. Had to shut down all open copies of Excel (also shutdown all office products just to be safe). Great tip. At 12:25am, I wasn't in the mood to deal with this problem. I appreciate the post. 12:26 AM Anonymous said... Click Excel options, then Advanced, then clear all three boxes. I found that any one of them can cause this trouble. 12:33 PM sanj said... After a couple of months, it comes back erratically so I have to switch the three boxes on/off until it goes away. 11:06 AM Anonymous said... Dude! This saved my bacon today. You rock!! Thanks for sharing with the group. 6:50 PM Anonymous said... Thank youuuuuu