There are some known issues in Citrix environment related to clipboard related to copy and paste.
Below i've listed some sites that can help you with this problem. Some solution you may skip (like changing the registry) because it sometimes works for you.
More likely it will be a program that starts and sits between the OS and the clipboard (like RDPCLIP.EXE
) messing up your clipboard functionality.
(You can try this by ending the process RDPCLIP.EXE
in the task-manager)
There is a program from Citrix, Repair Clipboard Chain, which repairs the clipboard functionality.
The RepairCBDChain utility temporarily restores clipboard functionality. The order is restored by moving the ICA client to the beginning of the clipboard chain. If the offending application is launched after this repair utility has restored the clipboard order, the clipboard functionality may become corrupted again.
So if after running it your clipboard works, it might stop working again after a while and you need to find the offending program.
Article from Citrix Concepts: Troubleshooting Clipboard Issue
Citrix article about Troubleshooting Client Clipboard Issues
Google search for 'citrix copy and paste'