Access error The data on the Clipboard is damaged

[Sadeepan]

I have been using MS-Access for a very long time. I have being copying data from csv format excel file and pasting it on the access files whenever necessary, but i haven't had any problems in the past. Now fromsometime access doesn't allow me to paste the contents. Whenever i try to paste in access it gives me this error "The data on the Clipboard is damaged". What is the problem that is causing this error? Please help!

[Raine]

According to the error message i think, this is a memory related error. When doing this operation make a not of free memory. Does it also indicate something about memory? Also did you try to update access recently? There is a bug in one of the update of ms-access. The update seems to work for some users and doesn't work for some users. Do you have enough free memory?

[Sadeepan]

Well i have enough free memory anytime. I have 3GB of Ram and this will not run short when i'm only accessing excel and access. Although i did an update from a patch that i had downloaded. Did this update screw my access? Is there a work around for this as i have not yet thought about re-installation as i'm already running short of time... Please help! Even a temporary solution would work... After sometime, i will re-install access... Thanks for the help and in advance..

[Macarenas]

I had this same problem which was only resolved after i clean installed office all over again. Yeah, its the update patch, that screwed MS-Access. But you can try this method as a temporary solution : In access, open 'clipboard' from home menu in office 2007, now open the spreadsheet and copy the data in the access clipboard. Click the file and click paste.