Copy / Paste stops working after long RDC sessions (Mac)

[John_Spencer]

We will investigate this issue and keep you updated.

Thanks

[John_Spencer]

Hi MRisberg,

There is a server-side issue that causes a hang up with clipboard in remote sessions, we are planning a fix for this issue. In the meantime, an immediate solution is as follows: end the RDPclip.exe process which will automatically restart and resolve your issue. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks

[MRisberg]

Thanks for the feedback. It's good to hear that this is being worked on.

This RDPclip.exe process, is it found on the server end? Can't see a process by that name on my Mac, with or without the extension .exe, while running Remote Desktop.

[John_Spencer]

Hi @MRisberg ,

This RDPclip.exe process, is it found within the Remote Desktop aka the server end. Therefore, in the Windows OS on your Remote Desktop go to Task Manager -> Details -> scroll down to rdpclop.exe -> select End Task

[chrismalek-nu]

I have been having the same issue for over a year. Finally got here somehow as this is not visible on google.  

I tried killing rdpclip.exe on the server but it did not restart.

[John_Spencer]

@chrismalek-nu try following [8 Ways] How to Fix Copy and Paste Not Working in Windows 10 (isunshare.com)

[geoffreynz]

I'm seeing the same issue in macOS RDC version 10.7.6 (1972).

[chrismalek-nu]

Please fix this..this issues happens to about 50 times per day...not kidding...

[Robert_de_Vries]

Same here, really frustrating! Please fix this!

[x_brett365]

This is still an issue. For me it's about 20x per day. Please fix this. 

[Robert_de_Vries]

Hi @x_brett365, it took a while but I found a post from someone who solved his issue with M-RDP when he closed a program which 'copied' clipboard to a list. Software like CopyClip.

In my case it was Parallels Toolbox, this toolbox also has a feature which is capable of saving clipboard history and when I quit this APP the issues were gone. Maybe you also have such a program running ...?

[x_brett365]

Thank you @Robert_de_Vries . Unfortunately I’m not running anything like that, except for a password manager (but I don’t use that all that often during the day). I will consider that as a possibility though. 
Actually, I’m almost always copying from Azure Data Studio (Mac) and pasting into RDP when it fails. 

[x_brett365]

Update, and special thanks to @Robert_de_Vries . While I don’t use any 3rd party clipboard managers, I did have the remote machine (windows 10) set to use the clipboard history. I turned it off and have not had the problem since. (!!!) 

Thank you again and I hope this helps someone else. 

[Robert_de_Vries]

Good news! Your welcome! Thanks for your feedback, another reason for the same issue and a solution!