How to solve copy paste not working issue in Remote Desktop?

 

The clipboard sharing is handled using a small application running on the remote machine, called "RDPCLIP.EXE". If this application fails to do the job, your clipboard sharing will stop working and you will not be able to copy paste text, data or files from local computer to remote server using remote desktop connection.

Here is how you can solve this problem:

1. Login to remote computer using Remote Desktop (RDP)

2. Open Task Manager in the remote machine

3. Click the "Process" tab

4. Locate a program called "rdpclip.exe"

5. Right click and select "End process" to kill this program

6. Click on "File" menu in the task manager and select "New Task (Run)"

7. Type rdpclip.exe and press the button to start the process.



By killing existing instance of the rdpclip.exe and restarting the program, you can get your copy paste work again in your remote desktop.