Unable To Copy And Paste URL's

[sktrsmw]

I have Windows xp and for months I have been unable to normally copy and paste links to pages,..unless I right click on the Properties and then click Copy. Only then can I paste the link.

I never had any issues until my computer crashed about 4 months back and we had to reload Windows.

I have googled this problem and found no answers.

It is really a huge pain that I am unable to go to my browser window and copy the url to paste elsewhere. When I try to do this and go to paste,..there is a blank. Nothing pastes.

As I said earlier,..the only way that I can copy and paste urls,.is to go to Properties and copy it there.

For the most part I am able to copy and paste print on pages,..but not urls in browsers. Help!

Thanks!

[soybean]

"Properties" where?  What browser are you using?

[patio]

And what app is being used to create these pages ? ? Word? Wordpad ? Other ?

[sktrsmw]

I am using Internet Explorer. I will right click on a page and then click onto the Properties in order to be able to copy a url. When I click onto the url in the browser and highlight it, I try to copy it and it appears that I do,...but when I go to another page to Paste it,..it will not paste anything.
As far as "what app is being used"....I am not using an app,..but simply using my computer normally.
I simply have lost the ability to use my normal copy and paste function, and can not figure out WHY.

[patio]

I still don't get it...are ypu pasting it into the address bar and hitting Enter ? ?
That should work...
What happens if you simply click on the link ? ?
You can set IE...or any other browser to open any link in a new window.

[sktrsmw]

Ok,...I will try to be clearer in what my problem is. Let's say that I want to send  a link to a YouTube video to a friend of mine in an email. The normal course would be for me to go to the page of the video,..place my mouse on the browser url,..highlight it,..and then right-click Copy.  I then go to my email and in the email I go to Paste,...and NOTHING is pasted. I am not able to Copy and Paste URL's from browsers.
If I go back to the page and right click my mouse and get the Properties, the box will appear and I have to copy the Address url and then go back to my email, before it will Paste. That is the ONLY way that I can Copy and Paste url's. My question is WHY have I lost the ability to Copy and Paste a url from a browser?

[jason2074]

Try these :
Go to IE Tools - Internet Options - Security tab - Custom Level ( Internet highlight) - Scroll down and look for Drag and drop or copy and paste files. Hit Ok, Apply - Ok.

[truenorth]

What happens if you use this method.
1.Highlight the URL to be copied.
2.together click on "control/C" on the keyboard
3.open whatever it is you want to copy the URL to (new browser window/e-mail content/whatever
4.Place your cursor(mouse) wherever you want to place the copied URL (ensure you see the cursor there).Click the left mouse key to place the cursor there.
5.click together "control/V on the keyboard
6.Your copied URL should appear.
truenorth