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Copy & Paste not always working - randomly

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March 3, 2019
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Hi all,

This is a very frustrating bug - around 50% of the times copy & paste won't work. I select an object, press ctrl+C, and then pressing ctrl+V produces nothing as if the clipboard is empty.

I cannot reproduce it as it seems random, sometimes it will copy & paste, sometimes it won't.

This makes working with Illustrator extremely hard.

Might be worth mentioning that copy-pasting from Illustrator into Photoshop resembles the same buggy behavior - it will randomly work or not.

Please advise on how to resolve this.

Cheers

Correct answer edgarr18001756

Here is an update of my issue of copy and paste in Illustrator.
Have switched keyboard, Now using Logitech keyboard and mouse on the same wireless usb dongle.

I must say, problem is gone.

So maybe this issue also can be caused by keyboard set up..

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praveenkumarpgiindia

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I am also having the same bug. Copy-paste is not working on objects. Very irritating and spoils the speed of work.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Is any clipboard enhancing app installed?

Can you try if turning off the SVG option in Preferences > File Handling and Clipboard helps?

satria03

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wah... thank you sooo much!!! after all the methods I've tried, finally this "turning off the SVG option in Preferences" method can solve my "copy-paste Lag/Bug" problem in my Adobe Illustrator.

thankyu very much!

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praveenkumarpgiindia

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I am working with Adobe Illustrator. I am having the same copy-paste issues. It seriously wastes our time and mind. Please have a clear fix. We have tried all those methodologies mentioned here. None works. The problem is only with objects like rectangles and triangles, which are like building blocks for any of the works.

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KarenB69

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I actually can get it to work but I have to use the drop down menus to copy and paste. It's my work around to get the function to work.

tpdccm

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The issue has been there for years multiple versions, i did a complete new install new windows 10 and new install adobe programms complete new system. Copy/paste randomly does not work in illustrator/photoshop/indesign/premiere/dreamweaver, pressing CTRL C for 5 or 10 times sometimes helps. Its not the keyboard, and i don't want to delete my settings took me days to get everything right.

I don't understand that adobe can not respons or solve this, we pay a lot of money to use their programs.

It is super annoying when you have a deadline and the program does not do what it is supose to.

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medpub123

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This is an Adobe problem, as it also happens with Photoshop 5 and Pagemill (yes two old softwares) - no other software. I have tried Ctrl C & V and the drop down menu. both no good. It seems to happen after the software has been running a while - maybe idle. I have to close everything and start up again then its OK.

Sometimes when it happns in Photoshop I open PAINT (yes PAINT!) and copy and paste just to get the job done.

I thought there might be a key combo that would fix it, like when your PC overwrites your text (ctrl Insert or is it just Insert?).
I am surpised Adobe (who are abunch of s**ts for what they did in Venezuela recen tly!!!) would have addressed this bug.

BTW: Its amazing how many times I go to sites like this and the so called techies no absolutely nothing.
I get more results from guys on youtube even if the heavy Indian accent is hard to understand.

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Luthee

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Hi, I've had this issue for as far as I can remember, always thought it was either my PC or an aging Win10 install acting up, but I formatted and re-installed win10 as well as Illustrator a few days ago, settings are untouched... The issue is pretty bad...

I'll try updating when I have time to do so (I usually don't update software right when an update is available, it's a habit).

Edit : Issue still present, I'm now using Illustrator CC 2020 v24.0.2

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purjelauta

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This is still not working in Premiere - 13.1.3 - random copy paste errors

Monika Gause

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schrieb
This is still not working in Premiere - 13.1.3 - random copy paste errors

Please post to the Premiere forum.

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Evilspam

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Update

As of a few days ago the copy paste function in Illustrator is back and working again. I don't think a new update was released so who knows, just glad its working again.

I did install a few programs since I posted the video, not sure if that fixed it.

SonOfAVondruke

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I'm seeing similar behavior in both Photoshop and Illustrator since updating a few weeks ago. I can ctrl+c 5 times (as I do on instinct at this point) and still get whatever I had copied before when I ctrl+v. I've had this happen occasionally in the past, especially with complicated illustrator files, but now it seems to be rampant across the suite.

Windows 10

Evilspam

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Hi all,

We are having the same copy and paste issue on 5 systems (PC and Mac's). We have tried deleting the preferences, uninstalling and re-installing Illustrator 23.0.3 (64bit). We currently are using the couple of work arounds that other people have mentioned. eg. duplicate the object or drag n drop the object you want copied from a separate document.

Does anyone know if its been fixed?

Thanks

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Evilspam schrieb
Hi all,
We are having the same copy and paste issue on 5 systems (PC and Mac's). We have tried deleting the preferences, uninstalling and re-installing Illustrator 23.0.3 (64bit). We currently are using the couple of work arounds that other people have mentioned. eg. duplicate the object or drag n drop the object you want copied from a separate document.
Does anyone know if its been fixed?
Thanks

Are these old files or new ones?

Do you have any clipboard enhancements installed in the system?

Which other applications are running?

Evilspam

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Hi Monika,

No clipboard enhancements and the clipboard works with other applications fine. No other apps running other than outlook or Chrome opened.

I've read through various forums about this happening but there seems to be no real fix or no exact reason why it is happening. We have another 5 systems which all work fine so far.

Other things I've tried have been an uninstall, deleting the preference folders as advised on the threads. We've reinstalled a previous version of Illustrator (23.0.2) but also did the same thing. Anyways just seeing if anyone had found a fix.

Thank you