Windows 7 will not copy & paste but it'll cut & paste

Seventy7 · 11 Nov 2016

Hello,

I've been having this problem for a while and I can really use some help now. When I try to copy & paste any files, folders, pictures, etc.. it will not work. Copy & paste to different folder or different screen, etc. An error message box will pop up saying - windows explorer has stop working then it disappears and a 2nd message box will pop up saying - windows explorer is restarting. Then shuts down the folder that's open. However I can " Cut and Paste or Drag a file to a different location" It just won't copy and paste.

Files that I'm trying to copy and paste are not anything special. It's all words, excel, power point, pictures, even folders etc...

It just won't copy and paste but again I can cut and paste.

Any ideas?

Thank you so much.

MeOnMine · 11 Nov 2016

Hello and welcome to Seven Forums.

Go to your Start menu and type CMD, you will see at the top of the window CMD.exe.
Right click on it and left click Run as Administrator.
In the window that will open type the following and hit enter.
sfc /scannow

Let the system run and it will find any problems and repair them.
Re-boot and do it all again for either 3 times or until no issues are found.

Wayne

Seventy7 · 14 Nov 2016

Ok, let me try that and I'll let you know if that worked or not.

Thank you!

Seventy7 · 14 Nov 2016

Hi MeonMine,

So I did the scannow and this is what it says after done scanning.

"Windows resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"

Any recommendation?

Thanks!

Callender · 14 Nov 2016

If you have MyWinLocker software installed it's been causing that problem recently. Obviously if it's not installed ignore this post.

feetand nches · 14 Nov 2016

Does it work after a re-boot, trying it when you know you are not over using the system hardware, CPU and RAM? Are you using any RAM optimizing software? Some people are reporting problems with "Advance System Care" from IOBIT, and one solution was un-checking the "Clean Clipboard" option.

Callender · 14 Nov 2016

Also see this post and the post:

Windows Explorer Crashes when opening Pictures, Downloads, Videos dirs

Reg file to download is also attached here:

Windows Explorer crashes whenever I try to resize/snap the window

Seventy7 · 14 Nov 2016

Callender!!!!! I removed the mywinlocker and it works!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!

MeOnMine · 15 Nov 2016

He's the Man!

Good work El furry one.

Callender · 15 Nov 2016

Seventy7 said:

Callender!!!!! I removed the mywinlocker and it works!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!

You're lucky! A few users had trouble removing that software. :)