Fixed: Cannot Copy and Paste to Remote Desktop Session in Windows 10

Unable to Copy and Paste to Remote Desktop Session in Windows 10

When you use remote desktop to connect to another device to deal with some work or issues, it very annoying to encounter clipboard problems which can cause unable to use copy and paste function. This problem may be caused by the malfunction of windows explorer and DRP clipboard monitor, some document problems that clipboard function disabled by the Local Group Policy Editor or Registry Editor or some false settings of RDP client.

5 Methods to fix Remote Desktop Copy and Paste not working in Windows 10

After understanding the possible reasons for Remote Desktop copy and paste not working, you can refer to 5 different methods to fix this issue according to different situations.

Method 1: Restart DRP clipboard monitor

Malfunction of DRP clipboard monitor is the most common reason for copy and paste not working. You can try to restart it by following those steps.

Step 1. Press CTRL, SHIFT, and Esc keys to open Task Manager Window

Step 2. Go to Processes tab and find RDP Clipboard Monitor, right-click this item and choose End task.

Step 3. Click File in Task Manager Window, choose Create new task. Type ”rdpclip.exe” in the pop-up window, then click OK.

Method 2: Restart Windows Explorer

If the copy and paste problem is caused by a malfunction of Windows Explorer, you can try to restart it to fix this problem. Here are specific steps.

Step 1.Press CTRL, SHIFT, and Esc keys at the same time to open Task Manager Window

Step 2. Go to Processes tab and find Windows Explorer item.

Step 3. Right-click Windows Explorer and choose Restart to restart Windows Explorer Process.

Method 3: Change RDP client settings

Before you use remote desktop connection, you have to change some settings in remote desktop client to make sure the copy and paste function is operable. Let’s take Remote Desktop Connection as an example.

Step 1. Press Windows key and type “remote desktop connection” in research box to open the Remote Desktop Connection client.

Step 2. Go to Local Resources tab, and make sure the Clipboard checkbox is checked, and click “More…”, make sure the Drives checkbox is also checked.

Step 3. Click OK and then start your connection.

Method 4: Enable clipboard redirection and drive redirection visa Local Group Policy Editor

To use copy and paste properly, you have to check if the settings of clipboard redirection and drive redirection through Local Group Policy Editor are correct. Here are some steps.

Step 1. Press Windows key and R to open Run Box, and type “gpedit.msc” to open Local Group Policy Editor

Step 2. Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Device and Resource Redirection, and find “Do not allow Clipboard redirection” and “Do not allow drive redirection” items.

Step 3. Double-click these two items and choose “Enabled” check box to allow clipboard redirection and drive redirection, and then click OK to save your operation.

Step 4. If you want to disable the clipboard of remote desktop, choose “Enabled” check box to force the clipboard function.

Method 5: Change settings through Registry Editor

You can also change the file’s value through Registry Editor to fix this problem. Please follow those steps.

Step 1. Press Windows key and R to launch Run box, and then type ”regedit” and press Enter to open Registry Editor.

Step 2. Go to Computer>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Control>Terminal Server>WinStations>RDP-Tcp.

Step 3. In the right side of the window, find the “fDisableClip” item.

Step 4. Double-click “fDisableClip” and make sure the value data is set to 0.

Step 5. Close Registry Editor and see if you can use copy and paste function during remote desktop session.

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