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Clipboard Exception on Startup

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Describe the bug/issue I have Flow starting on machine startup. Each time I restart my PC, I get this .NET error when Flow starts. I then get a dialog to either quit Flow, or continue. If I continue, Flow works normally. Here is the exception text:

Clipboard Operation Failed

************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x800401D0): Requested Clipboard operation did not succeed.
   at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetDataObject(Int32 retryTimes, Int32 retryDelay)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetDataObject()
   at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ClipboardHistory.ClipboardMonitor.ClipboardWatcher.ClipChanged()
   at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ClipboardHistory.ClipboardMonitor.ClipboardWatcher.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, WM msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Your System

Windows build number: Windows 11 Insider Dev - 22458.1000
Flow Launcher version: 1.8.3

Flow Launcher Error Log 2021-09-18.txt

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:10 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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taooceroscommented, Sep 18, 2021

I found the exception has been reported before. https://github.com/Xenolphthalein/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ClipboardHistory/issues/3 Let me see whether we can get the author of the plugin to fix it.

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deefrawleycommented, Mar 4, 2023

Tested on latest Flow version and no issues. @Positron010 please update Flow and if the issue is still occurring re-open the issue. Thanks

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