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10 August 2023  John Weaver  Senior Program Developer
 

Summary
Learn quick solutions for fixing the copy and paste issue on Windows 10/8/7 computers. Resolve common problems with copying and pasting files.



Table of contents

table iconI. Why can’t I copy and paste the Windows computer?
table iconII. How to fix the problem that files cannot be copied and pasted on Windows 10/8/7 computers?
table iconIII. Use Renee Becca to replace the function of copying and pasting files
copy and paste not working windows 10

I. Why can’t I copy and paste the Windows computer?

There are various reasons why Windows computers cannot copy and paste files, but the most common reasons are that Windows Explorer is malfunctioning; other processes on the computer occupy the system clipboard; or some third-party software errors prevent this function from working properly. Regardless of the reason why you cannot use the copy and paste function normally, if you want to solve this problem, please continue reading.

II. How to fix the problem that files cannot be copied and pasted on Windows 10/8/7 computers?

1. Restart Windows Explorer

If Windows Explorer crashes, you may not be able to copy and paste files or folders from one directory to another. To solve this problem, re-enable Task Manager, the specific steps are as follows:
Press the (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) keys simultaneously on the keyboard to quickly launch the Explorer window. Then find (Windows Explorer) under (Process), right-click to select this option and select (Restart). Wait a few seconds, and after Windows restarts Explorer, try copying and pasting again to see if the functionality is restored.
Restart Windows Explorer

2. Clear the historical data of the clipboard

You can try to clear the historical data in the clipboard to solve the problem that files cannot be copied and pasted. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the Windows computer, search (cmd) directly in the search box in the lower left corner, and select (run as administrator) to open the command prompt tool.
run command prompt
Step 2: In the opened command prompt window, enter the command (echo off | clip) and press the (Enter) key to execute the command to clear the clipboard history. After the command is executed, restart the computer to see if the problem is resolved.
Type echo off command

3. Update and restart the application

Sometimes the problem of not being able to copy and paste files also appears in a specific application. At this time, you can try to update the specific software or restart the application to see if the problem is resolved.

4. Troubleshoot the keyboard

If the above method still fails to solve the problem, it may be that the keyboard is faulty. At this time, you can use the troubleshooting function that comes with the Windows system to solve the problem. The specific operation steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the computer and press the (Windows+I key) on the keyboard at the same time to open the setting interface. Then click and enter the (Update and Security) option.
Select Update and Security Options
Step 2: Find (Troubleshooting) in the left function bar, then select the (Keyboard) option on the right, and click the (Run Troubleshooting) button. Wait a few moments after troubleshooting is complete to see if the problem is resolved.
run troubleshooter
The above are four simple and effective solutions to Windows unable to copy and paste files. If you still can’t solve it, you can also temporarily borrow special backup and restoration software to carry out corresponding operations on the files that need to be copied and pasted. Here I recommend you to use Renee Becca , the following is a detailed function introduction and operation method description, let’s go to understand it together.

III. Use Renee Becca to replace the function of copying and pasting files

1. What is Renee Becca?

Renee Becca It is a tool specially used for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It can help you back up and restore important data in your computer, such as programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents, bookmarks, etc. It adopts leading incremental/differential backup technology, which can save you more time and disk space. In addition to system backup, it also supports partition backup, hard disk backup, file backup, and disk cloning to meet your different needs.
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2. How to backup files with Renee Becca?

Backing up data with Renee Becca is very simple, the specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Becca on the computer, and select the (File Backup) option in the main interface (Backup) column.
Select Hard Drive/Partition Backup Options
Step 2: Next, select all the files that need to be backed up in (source file (device)), and select the hard disk partition to store the backup data in (destination).
Select hard disk backup device
In addition, in (task plan), you can make a daily/weekly/monthly automatic backup plan and click (confirm) to enable the automatic backup function.
set backup time
In (Backup Scheme)-(Scheme Type), you can choose a suitable backup scheme mode according to your personal needs. Renee Becca has 5 backup schemes to choose from, namely version chain mode, single version mode, overall mode, incremental mode and differential mode.
Select backup plan mode
Renee Becca has 5 backup plans to choose from:
Version chain mode: Only the latest 5 versions are kept, and useless old versions are automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
Single version mode: Only the most recent version is kept, and the previous version is automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
overall pattern: Create a full backup.
Incremental mode: After the initial full backup, only incremental backups are created.
diff mode: After the initial full backup, only differential backups are created. You can view the difference between incremental backup and differential backup.
Step 3: Finally, click the (Backup Now) button to start executing the backup file command according to your settings, and you can see the progress of all backup tasks on the task bar. After the backup is complete, you can click the (Restore) button to restore the files to the specified hard disk when necessary.
back up now
Step 4: Finally, select the location where the files are to be restored, and click the (Restore) button.
Choose where to restore