Cut and Paste sometimes not working in memoQ
Thread poster: Nico Wagner
Nico Wagner
Nico Wagner  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:31
English to German
Mar 3, 2021

Hi everyone!

Over the last few days, maybe a week at most, the Cut and Paste function (Ctrl+x) in memoQ sometimes doesn't work in a very annoying way: The selected text is removed but not copied to the clipboard, so I can't paste it afterwards.

I have been working extensively with memoQ for many years now, but this behavior is completely new to me.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any ideas on how to resolve it?

Cheers,
Nico


Grigori Gazarian
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Thomas T. Frost
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Portugal
Local time: 10:31
Danish to English
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Possible security software interference Mar 3, 2021

It could be that security software interferes. I believe it happened with Webroot SecureAnywhere. There was a setting in it that I needed to change.

 
Nico Wagner
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Portugal
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No security software installed Mar 3, 2021

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your quick reply. I don't have any security software running except for the native Windows Defender.

Best,
Nico


 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
Known issue Mar 3, 2021

https://m.facebook.com/notifications.php?soft=bookmarks#!/groups/MemoQusers/permalink/2420221618101871/?anchor_composer=false

 
Nico Wagner
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Portugal
Local time: 10:31
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Not accessible without Facebook account Mar 4, 2021

Hi Hans,

That link is not accessible without a Facebook account. It would be helpful if you could copy the most relevant info into this thread.

Thank you,
Nico


 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
FB Mar 5, 2021

Sure

F0CA9254-D1FA-4DE4-9BF7-2F50977D175D


 
Nico Wagner
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Portugal
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English to German
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Clipboard history Mar 5, 2021

Hi Hans,

Thank you for the screenshot. That may indeed be the problem, since I recently activated the clipboard history in my Windows 10-installation, and the problem started occurring right around that time. I'll deactivate it and see what happens, although it is frustrating to see that this is another long standing issue that memoQ has ignored for quite some time now...

Thanks again for your help!


 
Adieu
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Ukrainian to English
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Yeah Mar 28, 2021

There's some definite iffiness. Also, undo doesn't necessarily work.

Stick to Ctrl-C Ctrl-V. And maybe keep an open notepad window to check with if you're moving large chunks that you definitely don't want to lose.


 
Claudio Porcellana (X)
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Italy
Local time: 11:31
English to Italian
Cut and Paste sometimes not working in memoQ Jan 5, 2022

Hi there

it's not exactly the same situation, but maybe it can be useful to debug (I hope)

Since years I use WinAutomation 6 to query Archivarius that contains 1 gazillion of reference data, and I had CTRL+C not working or working badly for years

I tried different keyboards with no success
I got mad googling for and trying fixes until today when "I Have Seen the Light!" (cit. Blues Brothers)

I dropped a 10 ms delay in my first WinAutomati
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Hi there

it's not exactly the same situation, but maybe it can be useful to debug (I hope)

Since years I use WinAutomation 6 to query Archivarius that contains 1 gazillion of reference data, and I had CTRL+C not working or working badly for years

I tried different keyboards with no success
I got mad googling for and trying fixes until today when "I Have Seen the Light!" (cit. Blues Brothers)

I dropped a 10 ms delay in my first WinAutomation 1st step (while I had 10 ms already in the last step) and now CTRL+C works like a charm

Immagine 2022-01-05 164604

So maybe that "timing" is the culprit in your case, and a way to delay the copy action can be find

I hope it helps

[Edited at 2022-01-05 15:54 GMT]
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