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Vary rarely, on my Windows 11 computer, the clipboard no longer works. (This has happened twice, to my recollection.) When I copy with Ctrl-C and then paste with Ctrl-V, instead of pasting what I have just tried to copy, some text that I copied earlier gets pasted. When I right-click on a selection, the "Copy" option is greyed out. The system seems unable to copy anything new.

I could probably get things working again by restarting the computer but how can I get the clipboard working again without restarting the computer? Can I restart just the clipboard service without restarting my computer?

There is an existing question that is very similar except that it is for Windows 10. The Windows 10 solutions unfortunately do not work for Windows 11.

Tripartio
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  1. Open the Windows 11 Task Manager. (There are many ways to do this; one way is to right-click on the task bar and then click "Task Manager".)
  2. Go to the Services tab.
  3. Find the service whose name starts with cbdhsvc_*. What exactly is in the * varies from computer to computer.
  4. Restart it by clicking on the Restart button.

Here's an image with some of the key steps.

Restart clipboard service in Windows 11

Tripartio
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From PowerShell:

get-service cbdhsvc_* | restart-service
Joseph McEvoy
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