Opened 2 years ago
Closed 2 years ago
#21102 closed defect (invalid)
clipboard issues on host
| Reported by: | sphinxios | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | clipboard | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.38 |
| Keywords: | clipboard issues on host | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
i have made a clipboard monitor app in visual studio 2022.
and i have had the setting of clipboard for the guest = host to guest
and when i use my app and a that guest running i experience that copied text is not passed to my app sometimes i try 3-4 times and it appears in my app.
i attach my app for testing
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Change History (3)
by , 2 years ago
| Attachment: | ClipMon.zip added |
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comment:1 by , 2 years ago
the behaviour is similar in the guess as well clips not appeainr in the app when ctrl-c is pressed
comment:2 by , 2 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Hi sphinxios,
This is expected behavior when two Apps (in this case ClipMon and VBoxTray) are trying to access clipboard concurrently. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-openclipboard.
Closing as invalid.


clipboard monitor application including source