When I try to copy and paste something from firefox to say notepad or word, it doesn't work on the first try. That is I go to firefox, select text, right click, select copy, then switch to notepad, right click, select paste, but it pastes not the thing which I copied just now, but whatever was in the clipboard before I copied. If after this I go back to firefox and copy that text again, and then go back to notepad, then it will paste correctly. So in order to copy paste something it takes me 2 tries.
This doesn't always happen this way, but only sometimes. So sometimes I can paste on first try, but sometimes it takes me two tries.
I am using firefox 7.0.1 and windows 7. Also it is not only with firefox, sometimes the same thing happens when I copy paste from other programs.
What could be the reason, and how can I fix this?
Best Answer
This is a known issue for Firefox. Check http://kb.mozillazine.org/Clipboard_not_working.
Section Removing AppInit_DLLS describes a solution to most common reason for delay. Renaming this registry key most probably will resolve the issue (it did for me on Firefox 7.0.1, Windows XP SP3). Check the contents of the same registry key after reboot. If the problem persists, the application that reappeared in the key is the one causing the problem.
Also, make sure the webpage you are accessing is not using keylogging script (which may be a desired behaviour) that blocks the usage of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.