Seems a third party tool may have a lock on it.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"ether" wrote:
| Every time I try to copy and paste something when I hit CTRL + C a prompt
| pops up reading "cannot empty the clipboard" even though there is nothing
| visible on the clip board.