Windows – Share Clipboard Between Ubuntu and Windows Remote Desktop

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I am trying to copy paste text between Windows Remote Desktop and Linux Ubuntu Server LTS 14.04 with Mate Desktop.

I have seen several posts that mention killing the rdpclip.exe process (on Windows) and restarting it. I can only imagine this pertains to an old version since rdpclip.exe isn't even running and I can copy paste between Windows machines just fine. However to test the idea, I started the rdpclip.exe program but this did not have any effect.

I also made sure that the clipboard is checked for my remote desktop connection.

In case it's relevant, I setup remote desktop by first installing the Mate 2D Desktop and then installing XRDP.

I am using Windows 8.1 64-bit to remote into the machine.

Best Answer

You can try WinSCP and create a ssh connection to the Linux machine. You can also share a folder on either the Linux or Windows machine and give them both access.

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