Cut and paste works intermittently

Cut and paste works intermittently and the only way to get it to work when it stops is, sometimes, to reboot my computer. It's recently gotten worse... more frequent. Cut and paste is essential to my work and I see people just accepting that this is a glitch and I don't find anything online about a solution. Has anyone come across one? Using OS X.9.5
thanks

try pasting as unformatted Ctrl + Shift + V

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I've been suffering this since I installed CC, and just found out my colleagues have the same problem.
Cut and paste shortcuts for Photoshop are intermittent. I have two open documents (single layer JPGs I've just opened), CMD A to select all, then CMD C to copy the entire layer ... then I switch over to my other JPG to CMD V to paste one image on top of the other.
Often, on my first attempt, nothing happens. I have to repeat, CMD A, CMD C, CMD V between the two images, two or three times to get the image onto the clipboard and paste it.
Sometimes, CMD V ends up pasting what's already on the clipboard.
So why I am I frequently experiencing intermittent copy-paste?

Hello,
If a tool is behaving erratically, first try resetting just that tools preferences, via the below method:
FAQ: How do I reset my preferences?
If you have larger troubles, hold down Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys (Mac: Command, Option, Shift) while starting up Photoshop. A dialog box will appear asking if you wish to delete the preferences/settings file. This one solves and fixes most of the most rare problems.
Best Regards,
José

Cut and Paste will not work

I have a Toshiba Satellite/Satellite Pro C50-A series laptop I bought new in December 2013. It has Windows 8 on it. I did the upgrade to windows 8.1 almost immediatley so I cannot remember if my control c / control v, cut and paste worked in 8 or not. But it will NOT work in 8.1 for most of my programs. I desperately need it to work on my All My Movies database software from Bolide software and my Green Eclipse sticky notes. And cut and paste will NOT work AT ALL for those programs. It works sometimes for my email and my Apache Open Office word processor.
I have contaced microsoft who's tech did something Tuesday morning to get it working. But then I booted down my computer and went to bed and when I booted it up, yep, no more cut and paste ability again! So I tried contacting microsoft this morning around 2:30am and they said it was an OEM problem and to contact Toshiba.
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The above error message I WAS ABLE to cut and paste FROM my green eclipse sticky note to this forum! But when I tried to cut and paste this message back to a NEW sticky note......NOTHING!
I hope someone here can provide a permanent solution to fix this! It may seem minor but I do a LOT of cut/pasting!
frustrated!!!!
lisa

There are dozens of possibilities, Lisa.
Which C50-A do you have? There is a label on the bottom.
What security applications do you have installed? Webroot is a common offender.
Do you have Microsoft Office installed? If so, which version?
Do you use Bluetooth?
Did you upgrade to Windows 8.1 properly, following carefully the instructions here?
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Find a situation that always gives you trouble, so that know when we learn something.
Then see if that trouble occurs after a clean boot.
   1. Open the System Configuration utility (msconfig.exe). You can do that by typing msconfig at the Start screen and pressing Enter.
   2. On the Services tab, set the Hide all Microsoft services check box and then click Disable all.
   3. On the Startup tab, click Open Task Manager, right-click and disable each Startup item. Then close Task Manager.
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Im having an issue with cut and paste commands. I can't paste anything unless I copy first then cut. If I cut then try to paste edit>paste will be shaded out and commandX does nothing. Sometimes its not shaded out but will paste what I have previously copied.
I found this out during a tutorial in which I had to cut and paste an effects paint layer to a new solid.
Im using CS5.5 on Macbook pro i7 8GB OSX 10.7.2.
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Followed your steps exactly and it's exactly like I said in my previous post. Cut and paste works for effects. Here's exactly what I did except for the part where I created the worst illustrator art that I've ever seen. Just two layers, lovely colors. The .ai file is imported as a comp with retain layer sizes selected. A black brush is chosen set to write on and silhouette luma. The size is adjusted to cover the line easily, I paint on the line, press the e key to reveal the effect in the timeline. It's there, it's also in the ECW so I select the effect, cut it, go to the composition, use Cmnd+Y to create a new layer and paste Cmnd + V and the paint effect is applied to the solid.
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Hello there people
I am in desperate need of some help, I have exhausted all
other options and I REALLY hope some one on here will be able to
help me!...
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option stopped working! if you go to edit, all the options are
greyed out! and keyboard shortcuts wont work either! I have tried
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2 QUOTA/12,
3 (SELECT SUM(CAMT) FROM CONSULTING WHERE CONSULTANT = P.EMPLOYEE
4 AND ACTIVITYCODE = 'C'AND
5 CDATE BETWEEN '01-JAN-2001' AND '31-JAN-2001') AS SUM,
6 (SELECT SUM(CAMT) FROM CONSULTING WHERE CONSULTANT = P.EMPLOYEE
7 AND ACTIVITYCODE = 'C'AND
8 CDATE BETWEEN '01-JAN-2001' AND '31-JAN-2001') -
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9 FROM PERSONNEL P
10 ORDER BY LNAME;
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Error:ORA-00911: invalid character (WWV-11230)
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CONSULTING WHERE CONSULTANT = P.EMPLOYEE AND ACTIVITYCODE = 'C'AND CDATE
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Cursor is not open
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null

Sunny,
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Thanx,
Chetan.

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1. Open Disk Utility and repair the permissions
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Hi,
I have a SharePoint Document Library which has the following.
Folder1 which contains two files named as a File1 and File2
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Hi Poomani,
According to your description, “File 2” still exists in Folder1 after it is been cut and paste to Folder2.
Can you provide more details about how you perform the operations?
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https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629108?wa=wsignin1.0
2. In the “Site Content and Structure”, use the “Move…” feature of a library;
https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Work-with-site-content-and-structure-30fcaad9-02b1-4347-8b03-e1ccc5a4c19f
Feel free to reply if there any progress.
Best regards,
Patrick
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