excel 2010 - paste special - not working

**ChrisTitcumb** · 03-14-2012, 11:22 PM

I have the same problem on this computer - my other one (also W7 + Office 2010) works fine. Both are completely up to date with MS patches and service packs etc.

To clarify, can only paste plain test or Unicode if either IE9 or Chrome is open. This PC had a clean install 3 days ago. If you want to know why, look at my blog at http://christitcumb.wordpress.com/

**cdj** · 03-15-2012, 12:38 PM

I'm having the same issue with Excel 2010. I was not having this issue earlier in the week. [IGNORE: Timing seems to be after installing 03/14/2012 MS updates.]

UPDATE: I am having this issue anytime I attempt to Copy and Paste when a browser (Chrome, FF 10, IE 9) is running. As soon as I close the browser, I can then Copy and Paste normally (note: excel stays open - no need to close and reopen program or file).

UPDATE 2: Found Safari, tested excel Copy and Paste, no issues.

**Australopithecus** · 03-26-2012, 07:24 AM

It looks to me like the latest update of Skype's "click-to-call" add-in is responsible for this issue.

I had the same problem in Excel 2007. Disabling the Skype add-in fixes it. The add-in screws up Excel both from IE and Chrome, so you need to disable/remove it for both.