A bug in pasting files with the popular CopyQ Clipboard manager

[admin]

"Normal paste from the COPYQ clipboard is not performed at all."

That's not a detailed description of what you do. Try to think like a programmer. Step by step.

[SARI]

"Normal paste from the COPYQ clipboard is not performed at all."

That's not a detailed description of what you do. Try to think like a programmer. Step by step.

With pleasure, but first I need to understand exactly what you mean.
The COPYQ clipboard shows all your copy history, copied text and copied files. Do you mean pasting copied text from the COPYQ history or pasting a copied file?

[admin]

"Normal paste from the COPYQ clipboard..." just tell me what you do. Where do you mousedown, or drag, or keydown, in which window? A screenshot will help a lot.

[SARI]

"Normal paste from the COPYQ clipboard..." just tell me what you do. Where do you mousedown, or drag, or keydown, in which window? A screenshot will help a lot.

CopyQ is a powerful clipboard manager that keeps a history of everything you copy, allowing you to go back and use items you copied earlier. Here is a step-by-step guide to get you started.

We'll start with copying text, if that works for you we'll move on to copying files later.

Step 1: Copy Your First Item

Open any text document or website.

Highlight a piece of text (e.g., "Hello World").

Press Ctrl + C (or right-click and select Copy).

CopyQ has now automatically saved this to its history.

Step 2: Copy Your Second Item

Highlight a different piece of text (e.g., "Learning CopyQ").

Press Ctrl + C again.

This second item is now at the top of your list, and the first item has moved down one slot.

Step 3: Accessing the History

To see your saved items, click the CopyQ icon in your system tray (usually located at the bottom right of your screen, near the clock).

Alternatively, use the default shortcut Ctrl + Alt + V to open the main window.

Step 4: Pasting the First Item

Since you copied "Learning CopyQ" last, it is currently on your standard clipboard. To paste the first item ("Hello World"):

Open the CopyQ main window.

Locate the first item you copied ("Hello World") in the list.

Double-click the item, or select it and press Enter.

CopyQ will automatically move that item to the top and paste it into your active window.

[admin]

Doesn't work. It doesn't make any connection with XY. And I found no other app where it works. Sorry, but I don't see a chance here.

[Horst]

Why not using the integrated Clipboard manager of Windows itself.
Works fine under Windows 11 with any tool and file manager.

[SARI]

Doesn't work. It doesn't make any connection with XY. And I found no other app where it works. Sorry, but I don't see a chance here.

The reason it doesn't work is because you haven't installed the COPYQ plugin for copying and pasting files yet. Please see here https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ... le-manager

[SARI]

Why not using the integrated Clipboard manager of Windows itself.
Works fine under Windows 11 with any tool and file manager.

COPYQ has many more necessary things that are not in WIN+V, it's not for nothing that COPYQ has 11K stars. And there is another disadvantage to WIN+V you can't paste files even in Windows Explorer.