Excel 2010 - pop up message clipboard cannot be emptied

[Hipporay]

My company just installed Windows 2010 and we are using Excel 2010. After a few times of copy/paste, a pop up comes up that the clipboard cannot be emptied. another program might be using the clipboard.

I've tried looking in Options, Add-Ins, COM Add-Ins - nothing is displayed to "uncheck".

Any ideas? Thank you!

 

[emiliepresley]

These are old links but refer to the same problem.
It has been linked to rdpclp.exe if using terminal services.
Also linked to VNC

Fix for Cannont Empty the Clipboard in Office


Fix Cut And Paste Problems With Remote Desktop | Random Stuff About Software

That fixed it, closed VNC an no more pop up.

 

[Maximus Tatius]

I've never been able to resolve this problem. I just close the message and get back to copying and pasting. If that doesn't work I press the Esc key to deselect what ever is selected in my spreadsheet, but just closing the message box seems to work... till it happens again a few steps later in my rhythmic key pressing process.