# WinXP problem: unable to set the clipboard data

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770 "2003-07-25T00:50:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/1 "2003-07-25T00:50:15Z")

</div>

Got a friend who’s using the Sound Editor portion of Roxio’s CD Creator 5. Whenever he tries to copy a portion of the wav file, he gets the message: “Unable to set the clipboard data”. Even if he just tries to cut a portion of the file, he gets this meaasge.

He’s running WinXP.

Any clues?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/2 "2003-07-25T14:56:38Z")

</div>

Are you sure you can use ezcd 5 with XP? Xp uses its own version of Roxio, so you overwrite it’s files if you install ezcd. I think Roxio put out a version that works with XP, but I wouldn’t try it myself for the reason above.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![loobis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/919ad9/32.png) [@loobis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loobis)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/3 "2003-07-25T15:32:45Z")

</div>

Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum isn’t compatible with Windows XP.

There used to be a multi-step fix for it (which I installed when I first went to XP), but I seem to remember having some problems afterwards. Actually, now that I think of it, it worked, but I got a new CD-Writer that wasn’t compatible with EZCD 5.

You can check out [www.roxio.com](http://www.roxio.com) to see if they still have the update and instructions.

I think Easy CD Creator 6 works fine, and I have had good luck with Nero Burning ROM. I think I actually like Nero best.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/4 "2003-07-25T16:04:15Z")

</div>

The program works fine otherwise. It’s just the Sound Editor section that isn’t behaving.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![loobis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/919ad9/32.png) [@loobis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loobis)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/5 "2003-07-25T16:07:33Z")

</div>

maybe he already has the patched version of 5.0 then. I’ve got nothing else for ya. sorry.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winxp-problem-unable-to-set-the-clipboard-data/190770/6 "2003-07-25T18:54:59Z")

</div>

I’ve used 5.0 with XP before, but yeah, you have to patch it first. See if he has all the latest patches, I guess; maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling it.