Advanced Paste on Windows Server 2025

nunix commented 3 months ago

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.82.1

Installation method

WinGet

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Advanced Paste

Steps to reproduce

On Windows Server 2025, after installing PowerToys and enabling Advanced Paste, the Clipboard history is not enabled will only show an empty box.

I tried to enable the Clipboard History in "Settings > System > Clipboard". But it didn't work (even after a reboot).

Then I searched for clipboard keys in the registry and compared it with Windows 11. There are some differences, but I could spot the one needed. Here's the content of the exported REG file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Clipboard]
"IsCloudAndHistoryFeatureAvailable"=dword:00000001

After a reboot, Advance Paste had the Clipboard history box working.

_Bonus Bug:

Whenever I select a value in the Clipboard history which is not the top one, it duplicates it. Kinda funny, but definitively not expected.

✔️ Expected Behavior

When enabling Advanced Paste, the Clipboard history should be accessible.

❌ Actual Behavior

The Clipboard history is not enabled and only shows an empty box.

Other Software

No response

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nunix commented 3 months ago

For anyone reading after the bot post: while the title is the same, the OS, issue itself and initial root cause are different.

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