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Anonymous

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Clipboard still not working? Darn you.

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July 14, 2010
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http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/09/05/how-to-fix-the-photosho p-clipboard/

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2119117

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2848880

http://forums.adobe.com/message/1674006

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2463586

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2119117

I read all thoose topics and googled my ass off. Why did this f*ck worked in Photoshop CS1, but not in CS5 anymore?

I can't Print Screen and C/P anymore and it just gets me frustrated. I tried these damn registry-fixes, but Photoshop

will just ignore them.

Isn't there any 3rd-party-application that solves the problem in any way? I closed all other apps, stopped most of the services, but C/P is still not working.

Damn you Adobe, fix this.

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Mike_Basil

Inspiring

i was totally mad too. If you look carefully you'll notice CS5 ships with 64bit by default. Mind you the 32bit version will still work (navigating Program Files (x86)).

solution is to look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\{your version}, (if you have cs5, then {your version} is 12) and

a) adding a 'dword' value with name "AlwaysImportClipboard64" and value 1, OR as I found out myself

b) add a 'qword' value (quarter instead of double ) "AlwaysImportClipboard" with also value 1

follow the link if you have trouble opening registry editor etc.

work.http://www.atlanticbt.com/blog/adobe-photoshop-clipboard-copypaste-bug-fix/

greets

mike

Noel Carboni

Legend

Mike Basil wrote:
i was totally mad too. If you look carefully you'll notice CS5 ships with 64bit by default. Mind you the 32bit version will still work (navigating Program Files (x86)).
solution is to look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\{your version}, (if you have cs5, then {your version} is 12) and
a) adding a 'dword' value with name "AlwaysImportClipboard64" and value 1, OR as I found out myself
b) add a 'qword' value (quarter instead of double ) "AlwaysImportClipboard" with also value 1
follow the link if you have trouble opening registry editor etc.
work.http://www.atlanticbt.com/blog/adobe-photoshop-clipboard-copypaste-bug -fix/
greets
mike

I believe your advice to use a QWORD is snake oil, and you should stop spreading it around. It just wastes peoples' time.

QWORD stands for QuadWord, and is 8 bytes = 64 bits.

DWORD stands for DoubleWord, and is 4 bytes = 32 bits.

There's no reason to think the 64 bit version of Photoshop would switch to using a QWORD for a simple flag.

Not only is a 32 bit DWORD still the natural size for integers in the 64 bit instruction set, but I'd bet money, because they compile much the same code for both 32 bit and 64 bit Photoshop, that the word size in the registry access is the same (DWORD) in both versions.

Chris Cox, can you confirm?

-Noel

Noel Carboni

Legend

hey noel,

thanks for explaining once again what quandword and double word stand

for; i must note, i found it purely by experimentation.

As regards for registry values, afaik, you dont access a different word

value by changing architecture, instead, you do it by specifying the

value type explicitly. And that is what i think they (adobe developers)

have done.

greets

Am 30.08.2011 09:50, schrieb Noel Carboni:

That is correct, the data type is explicitly specified in registry access calls.

Speaking of experimentation... I just did a Procmon monitoring session and started Photoshop CS5 x64.

The only pertinent registry accesses are to these values:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop\12.0\AlwaysImportClipboard

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop\12.0\AlwaysImportClipboard

When I created the value AlwaysImportClipboard as a QWORD the RegQueryValue does succeed, but I think it's up to the API call to match the requested type against the actual value type. So I still think we need to hear from Chris Cox on whether Photoshop will actually use a QWORD if one exists.

When I created the value AlwaysImportClipboard64 as a DWORD, it never accessed it.

-Noel

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HappyLuckyGo

Participant

Hi,

I am on windows 7 enterprise using Photoshop CS5 (both are 64bit).

I have the clipboard bug, where windows or photoshop won't update the clipboard when copying files (jpg, gif, screengrab, etc) outside of photoshop and then pasting in photoshop. Photoshop will not update the clipboard.

I am not using any thrid-party plug-ins.

Would anybody know if Adobe or Microsoft have a fix for this?

Restarting photoshop everytime I need to copy files outside of photoshop is not realistic, as I have multiple files open in photoshop when working. plus my job is very time sensitvie.

I understand this bug has been around for years and I have read this thread (and other boards).

Any help or advice would be great.

Thank you in advance,

Exasperated

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Smen

Participant

Have you tried:

- Update to the latest version of the software?

- Perform a reinstall as such:

Uninstall Adobe
Run Registry Cleaning tools
Reinstal in different program location

If so, try creating a different user on your machine, see if clipboard disfunctions also occur on that account.

Good luck!

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ooofest

Participating Frequently

On my Windows 7 64-bit system, I simply renamed the

Plug-ins -> Nik Software -> Selective Tool

directory to

Plug-ins -> Nik Software -> Selective Tool - bak

and that workaround attempt was NOT successful.

After actually deleting the Selective Tool subdirectory, I could finally paste into Photoshop CS5 64-bit layers from my scanner application without further (known) limitations.

Well, except that my 64-bit Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete plugin is somewhat disabled under Photoshop (not so Lightroom, where it loosely integrates as an external editor).

Thanks for this helpful thread. Time to communicate this problem to the Nik Software folks . . .

- ooofest

SG...

Adobe Employee

Hi,

Nik has provided a file that you copy into the selective tool folder. This will only help those that have found the selective tool to trigger the clipboard issue.

Download the following file (I’ve attached a compressed version too):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/794472/SelToolInst.cfg

Place it in the c:\programs\adobe\adobe photoshop cs5\plug-ins\nik software\selective tool\ folder
Restart Photoshop

We still continue to look into other clipboard issues.

regards,

steve

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ooofest

Participating Frequently

SG... (steve), the fix from Nik Software works well with my 64-bit Windows, PS CS5 and Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete (including their Selective Tool), thanks.

Until finding this thread, it was rather frustrating when attempting to figure out just why Photoshop didn't appear to accept an updated Windows clipboard.

- ooofest

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Smen

Participant

Well, after some gruweling searches on the internet, thanks to this post I've resolved the exact problem as MySola stated last july. I picked up the idea mentioned by Tora999 (namely changing the default map of NIK tools) and now the clipboard works normally again. Here's how i did it on Windows in 2 steps: [please adobe, feel free to read with me].

1. Uninstall "Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete"

First I uninstalled the program that seems to cause these horrific problems: "Color Efex Pro 3.0".

in command promt enter "control appwiz.cpl" and uninstall.

Then when I closed Photoshop it gave some error messages (in Dutch):

Then after restarting Photoshop the NIK Selective Tool (or something) came up, turns out after deleting the program, there's still a plugin left. So, there's one more step:

2. Delete the NIK Software plugin.

Here's the directory i deleted:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\Nik Software

Fire up Photoshop for the last time, try some sreenshots, copy paste from the web, whatsoever, it works again....here.

Disclaimer:

Possibly it's enough to just delete the plugin and leave the installation of "Color Efex Pro 3.0" intact, but I am fortunate enough to be able to live without it.. Furthermore this doesn't imply NIK Software should be blamed, or is responsible, for this malfunction. It can be Photoshop, Windows or anything else. Furthermore, even though I've got some strong resentment against the fact that NIK Software and Photoshop apparently don't combine well together

Chris Cox

Legend

Furthermore, even though I've got some strong resentment against the fact that NIK Software and Photoshop apparently don't combine well together

We would love Nik to have fewer bugs as well.

Please let Nik know about your findings so they can get these bugs fixed.

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Smen

Participant

Will do.

For the record, the sentence got mixed up, this is what should have been stated:

"Furthermore, even though I've got some strong resentment against the fact that NIK Software and Photoshop apparently don't combine well together, this doesn't imply NIK Software should be blamed, or is responsible, for this malfunction. It can be Photoshop, Windows or anything else. "

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Joker B

Participating Frequently

....Photoshop is listening for the OS to tell it about new clipboard data, and the OS stops telling Photoshop that there is something new on the clipboard. We've tried dozens of workarounds, and improved it, but never found a way to completely avoid the problem. ...We've seen this in 32 bit, 64 bit, other apps, etc.

Given that other apps can see/update the Windows clipboard in my testing, I find this exceptionally hard to swallow. Windows is picking on PS specifically, specifically ignoring it? Color me unconvinced.

What other apps?

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johnvalo

Inspiring

I have this problem with Photoshop CS5, ArcGIS Explorer, and Windows 7 Professional. The clipboard works fine several times then stops.

After reading this and other threads on the problem, I will do what I have been doing... live with it.

The workaround:

Save
Exit Photoshop
Start Photoshop
Open Recent
Paste

Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit) starts very fast. In less than ten seconds the problem is temporarily fixed and the clipboard works several more times.

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Anonymous

I actually do use Silver Efex Pro and Copy/Paste worked when I removed this folder. Nevertheless I didn't used Nik-Software in the previous Photoshops, but this false behaviour still occured.

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ugotbawlz

Participating Frequently

Let me just say that this issue IS NOT a NIK specific issue - and to all of you who have the ballzzz to harp on other people about being a little po'ed - get off your high horse - they have every right to be ticked off... ESPECIALLY after they or their companies have spent THOUSANDS of dollars on a buggy and sometimes inconsistent software suite.

I am having the same issue with CS2 - I can't copy/paste a screen capture from FireFox and no, I don't use the NIK plugin. I am still using XP Pro...

So, if anybody has ANY USABLE solutions, they would be MUCH appreciated. I have been using Adobe products since some of your were in elementary school - I am sure.

I would have bought CS5 but can't really afford it being in freelance as of right now. I get almost no monetary credit for having CS2. And, I can build a smoking new PC for what I would pay for the software suite. Pretty sad really - especially since Adobe has an accepted monopoly with regard to design and is a publicly traded company. Perhaps if they didn't have that monopoly their products would be about HALF of what they are currently.

Not to deter from the subject of this thread...does ANYBODY have ANY DECENT FIX for this CRUMMY clipboard issue? Many of us use, and have used Adobe products on a DAILY basis for YEARS. There needs to be a definitive answer for this...

I have tried the .reg fix and it DOES NOT WORK...

Namely...AlwaysImportClipbd_ON.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\9.0]
“AlwaysImportClipboard”=dword:00000001

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Jim Radcliffe

Participating Frequently

Just bought a new computer with Windows 7 and had purchased the CS5 Web Premium package. I live in Photoshop and Dreamweaver... but Photoshop is now kiling me because it will not allow me to copy an image by right clicking and selecting copy and then creating a new file with paste. NEVER had this problem before and it's getting really old to hear Adobe say it's Microsoft and Microsoft say it's Adobe.

Start up PHotoshop and copy the first image from somewhere on the web.. select File>New and then paste.. it works. The next time it fails and the next and the next.

Are you telling me that NO ONE during the beta test in-house or out did not come across this issue? I've spent hours today searching the web trying to find a fix... and the old "drag to the desktop" is NOT the solution.

Somebody FIX THIS PROBLEM! When I bought CS5 I thought I was getting a better product. Copy is something that is used all the time in my work. This is totally nuts.

Chris Cox

Legend

The only people who came across the problem during beta testing tracked the problem to a buggy third party plugin (similar to comments above).

We have tested this as much as well can, and have found nothing wrong in the Photoshop code - but have found third party plugin bugs, third party utility bugs, some third party application bugs (Office should have already fixed those), and some OS bugs (which have been reported to Microsoft).

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Jim Radcliffe

Participating Frequently

Do you have a list of these "buggy third party plugins"?

The only one I am using is NIK Color Efex Pro 3.0 64 bit version.

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Anonymous

In another thread it was pointed out that this problem occurs with the installation of some 64bit plugins.

I had the same problem after installing 64bit plugins by NIK Software. Try deactivating all your plugins (rename the plugin folder with a tilde -> "...\Adobe CS5\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\~Plug-ins"), start Photoshop and check if you still have the problem.

Hope this helps.

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Joprysko

Participating Frequently

I have it happen occasionally myself. Normally restarting the app fixes the issue, However i believe there is a bit more to the problem then it not seeing eye to eye with the clipboard at times.

Normally mine will do it after i have a video driver crash (i run too many 3d apps at one time) in that case only a reboot fixes it.

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henders5

Participant

Having the same problem. Definitely not a problem with Windows. My problem started happening instantly after I installed CS5. Please fix this issue. Copy and Paste is kind of important for graphic designers. Thanks.

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