copy/paste doesn't work

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by denisbuckley, Oct 24, 2011.

  1. denisbuckley

    denisbuckley Bit poster

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    running parallels 7 with XP as VM on Lion, Macbook pro.

    cannot copy/paste or drag between Lion and XP apps.

    i suspect it is because i have done a compression. is this so? any way around it without reinstalling?
     
  2. RajatT

    RajatT Bit poster

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    copy paste suddenly doesn't work

    I have the same problem though I am simply trying to copy paste text and screenshots between the two OS. I am running pro 7 with lion. It was working for a while then it suddenly stopped. Any help would be great. Thanks
     
  3. megavolt17

    megavolt17 Pro

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    I've intermittently had this problem since Parallels 5. Usually uninstalling Parallels Tools, restarting Windows then letting Parallels (or using the menu to force it) reinstall Parallels Tools fixes it. On occasion a Windows update seems to remove the copy/paste ability, but this will fix it again.

    On occasion when I try to copy something atypical (a video or something very large) it won't work and then the Copy/Paste stops working until I restart Windows.
     

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