Youre using the Windows Remote Desktop Services tool but suddenly cant copy and paste files.

This file will stay in the clipboard so you could paste it elsewhere.

But sometimes, the copy-and-paste functionality might not work as expected.

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In such instances, the best solution would be to tweak some system prefs.

Repair the Windows connection Drivers

The issue at hand might also be because of corrupted connection drivers.

In such instances, you could patch up the problem by updating or reinstalling these drivers.

Turning on the “Enable Remote Desktop” button

From there, pressApplyand then pressOKto save these changes.

Now, run with this to configure some additional controls:

SelectDisabledorNot configured.

From there, pressApplyand then pressOK.

Checking the Clipboard box in the Local devices and resources section

On the next window, set theValue dataas0(zero) to kill the “DisableClipboardRedirection” value.

From there, pressOKto save these changes.

Finally, start your equipment to save these changes.

Clicking the Get started button below the Sync across devices option

But in most cases, this solution will come in handy if the current account youre using has issues.

It lets you connect to a far-away rig and perform almost any activity on the remote rig.

In some cases, you might find that youre not able to fire off the RDS app.

Updating Network Drivers on Windows

Well, the good news is that there are solutions for that too.

Scanning for hardware changes on Windows

Clicking the Do not allow Clipboard redirection option

Clicking the Do not allow drive redirection option

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Clicking the DisableClipboardRedirection value

Clicking the DisableDriveRedirection value

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