2018a Copy Paste not working Live Scripts

Asked by Abhishek Varghese on 11 Apr 2018

Latest activity Commented on by victor bic on 20 Aug 2019

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Hello, I receive this error message every time I press 'Ctrl+C' in a live script.

Apr 11, 2018 6:18:12 PM com.mathworks.connector.message_service.impl.MessageServiceJSONImpl handlePublishRequest
WARNING: Error in subscription handler
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: C:\Users\Abhishek\AppData\Local\Temp\ConnectorClipboard2848936797537281347 does not exist
  at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.cleanDirectory(FileUtils.java:1637)
  at com.mathworks.services.clipboardservice.ConnectorClipboardService$4.handle(ConnectorClipboardService.java:319)
  at com.mathworks.connector.message_service.impl.MessageServiceJSONImpl.handlePublishRequest(MessageServiceJSONImpl.java:29)
  at com.mathworks.connector.message_service.impl.AbstractMessageService.handlePublishRequest(AbstractMessageService.java:58)
  at com.mathworks.connector.message_service.impl.JniMessageServiceAdaptorImpl.doHandlePublish(JniMessageServiceAdaptorImpl.java:59)
  at com.mathworks.connector.message_service.api.JniMessageServiceAdaptor.fromNative(JniMessageServiceAdaptor.java:21)

What do I do? How do I fix this?

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Héctor Flores on 13 Sep 2018

I found the simplest way to do that. Select the text, CTRL + X, to copy and cut, then, CTRL + Z to return the cutted text, and thats it, the text in live script is copy.

Franklin on 23 Apr 2019

Thank you. It was so anoying having to restart Matlab just so I can copy paste.

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Answer by Adri van Nieuwkerk on 13 Apr 2018

Edited by Walter Roberson on 7 May 2018

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Hi there Abhi,

I've had the exact same problem. The Official MathWorks Answer: The potential cause for this issue is related to the Windows SilentCleanup Task. This issue is explained in detail at the following Microsoft Support page:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4015218/activex-is-automatically-deleted-in-the-windows-10-x86-environment

It may be temporarily resolved by restarting MATLAB. If not try out the following steps to test a possible workaround for this issue:

Start a command prompt as an administrator.
Please disable the SilentCleanup by executing the following command in the command prompt window:

schtasks.exe /change /TN “\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup” /Disable

You can always enable it again later with:

 schtasks.exe /change /TN “\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup” /Enable

The Windows Build 1709 introduced some new functionality, which removes all empty folders in the TEMP directory. This could be the cause of the copy and paste error.

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Oleg Boiko on 19 Apr 2018

Is there a solution when there is no admin rights? Admin rights might be a problem for corporate Matlab users...

Hai Dinh on 13 Nov 2018

Thank you very much. I have the same issue and it's fixed now.

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Answer by Ralph Gnauck on 7 May 2018

A possible workaround is using drag and drop, this still seems to work in the live editor.

Example:

Highlight the text in he live editor. Hold the Ctrl Key and Click and drag the highlighted text to where you want to paste it. Can be in same window or another window on the screen.

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Kouichi on 11 May 2018

Cool. You can always drag and drop the text to Command Window and then you can copy it.

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Answer by Elias Hasle on 5 Oct 2018

Edited by Elias Hasle on 5 Oct 2018

I tried the double drag and drop solution for a while, but it becomes very cumbersome when editing formulas etc. I did not want to disable Windows functionality because of a silly Matlab bug. So I found another solution:

Try to copy something, then in the error message read which folder is missing. Make a new folder in Temp with that name, and put a dummy file in it, so that it does not get deleted. Now copying works for the current Matlab session. It even worked after a restart of Matlab with the same script, at least for the time being.

Files in Temp tend to be temporary, so this procedure probably has to be repeated now and then, maybe after reboot or after changing active working directory or something. But it is better than not having copy/paste. And frankly better than spending hours upgrading Matlab too (if there is even a fix in the newest version)...

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Vignesh Kalidas on 2 Apr 2019

This solution seems to work for me! Thanks!

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Answer by Kouichi on 11 May 2018

I'm also experiencing the same issue with exactly the same error message.

And it's related to a folder in Temp, so SilentCleanup Task's involvement makes sense!

>schtasks.exe /change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup" /Disable

ended up with an error:

'schtasks.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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Answer by Davide Cerra on 26 Jun 2019

Simply drag with your mouse

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victor bic on 20 Aug 2019

Worked well!

tks!

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