# Windows 7 x64 - Cut and copy work, paste doesn't.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-x64-cut-and-copy-work-paste-doesnt/614196>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-x64-cut-and-copy-work-paste-doesnt/614196 "2012-02-27T23:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-x64-cut-and-copy-work-paste-doesnt/614196/21 "2012-03-04T05:18:01Z")

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That’s wonderful to hear. It did sound like some sort of background process, but I had no idea at all what to look for. Big Congrats!! 🙂 🙂

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-x64-cut-and-copy-work-paste-doesnt/614196/22 "2012-03-04T05:19:49Z")

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Thanks. One the one hand, I feel stupid I didn’t figure it out sooner. On the other, what the hell is the point of an option to disable the clipboard?

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